baluchithere

[ buh-loo-chuh-theer ]

noun

1. a hornless rhinoceros of the extinct genus Baluchitherium that inhabited central Asia during the Oligocene and early Miocene epochs: the largest land mammal known.

Word History and Origins

Origin of baluchithere¹

1910–15; < New Latin Baluchitherium genus name, equivalent to Baluchi- ( Baluchistan ) + -therium -there