dinoceras

noun

another name for a uintathere

Word Origin

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

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Examples from the Web for dinoceras

Historical Examples

These were the migrant herds of the Dinoceras, just arrived at their new pasturage.
In the Morning of Time
Charles G. D. Roberts
The black herds of the Dinoceras he had used as the tools of his vengeance.
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
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

dinoceras

Word Origin

Examples from the Web for dinoceras

Historical Examples

These were the migrant herds of the Dinoceras, just arrived at their new pasturage.

The black herds of the Dinoceras he had used as the tools of his vengeance.

It is quite clear, then, that we cannot place the Dinoceras in any order of living mammals.

The skull is singularly reminiscent of Dinoceras, with which this quite Artiodactyle genus has, of course, nothing to do.

The black herds of the Dinoceras stopped feeding all at once, and raised their vicious heads and stared.