dinothere

[ dahy-nuh-theer ]

noun
  1. any elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Dinotherium, from the later Tertiary Period of Europe and Asia, having large, outwardly curving tusks.

Origin of dinothere

1
<New Latin Dinotherium (1829); see dino-, -there
  • Also di·no·the·ri·um [dahy-nuh-theer-ee-uhm]. /ˌdaɪ nəˈθɪər i əm/.

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dinothere

/ (ˈdaɪnəˌθɪə) /


noun
  1. any extinct late Tertiary elephant-like mammal of the genus Dinotherium (or Deinotherium), having a down-turned jaw with tusks curving downwards and backwards

Origin of dinothere

1
C19: from New Latin dinotherium, from Greek deinos fearful + thērion, diminutive of thēr beast

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