dinotherium

[ dī′nə-thîr′ē-əm ]

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Any of various extinct elephantlike mammals of the genus Dinotherium that existed during the Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene Epochs. Characteristic of the dinotherium were tusks that grew downward from its lower jaw.

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How to use dinotherium in a sentence

The same may be said, though in a relatively lesser degree, of the huge Dinotherium found in the Upper Miocene formation.
Traditions, Superstitions and Folk-lore|Charles Hardwick
To this in the fossil world are added two more genera—the Mastodon and Dinotherium.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon|Robert A. Sterndale
In some of the extinct forms, such as Mastodon and especially Dinotherium, the teeth are much more simple.
The Vertebrate Skeleton|Sidney H. Reynolds
In Dinotherium they are bilophodont or else are marked by three straight transverse ridges.
The Vertebrate Skeleton|Sidney H. Reynolds

It would be more delightful if he could also fetch the mighty glyptodon, the terrible dinotherium, and the stately bandersnatch.
The Librarian at Play|Edmund Lester Pearson