dinoceras

/ (daɪˈnɒsərəs) /

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noun

another name for a uintathere

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Word Origin for dinoceras

C19: New Latin, from Greek deinos fearful + keras horn

Words nearby dinoceras

dinner table, dinner theater, dinnertime, dinnerware, dino-, dinoceras, dinoflagellate, dinosaur, dinosaurian, Dinosaur National Monument, dinosaurs

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How to use dinoceras in a sentence

The black herds of the Dinoceras stopped feeding all at once, and raised their vicious heads and stared.
In the Morning of Time|Charles G. D. Roberts
The wounded Dinoceras drew away, to 39 die or recover as curious Nature might decree.
In the Morning of Time|Charles G. D. Roberts
It is quite clear, then, that we cannot place the Dinoceras in any order of living mammals.
Extinct Monsters|H. N. Hutchinson
The skull is singularly reminiscent of Dinoceras, with which this quite Artiodactyle genus has, of course, nothing to do.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia|Frank Evers Beddard

These were the migrant herds of the Dinoceras, just arrived at their new pasturage.
In the Morning of Time|Charles G. D. Roberts