dinoceras
- another name for a uintathere
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Word Origin for dinoceras
C19: New Latin, from Greek deinos fearful + keras horn
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Historical Examples of dinoceras
These were the migrant herds of the Dinoceras, just arrived at their new pasturage.
In the Morning of TimeCharles G. D. Roberts
The black herds of the Dinoceras he had used as the tools of his vengeance.
In the Morning of TimeCharles G. D. Roberts
It is quite clear, then, that we cannot place the Dinoceras in any order of living mammals.
Extinct MonstersH. 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., MammaliaFrank Evers Beddard
The black herds of the Dinoceras stopped feeding all at once, and raised their vicious heads and stared.
In the Morning of TimeCharles G. D. Roberts