dinothere

American

[dahy-nuh-theer] / ˈdaɪ nəˌθɪər /

Also dinotherium

noun

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

dinothere British

/ ˈdaɪnəˌθɪə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of dinothere

< New Latin Dinotherium (1829); see dino-, -there

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