dinotherium

American  

[dahy-nuh-thir-ee-uhm] / ˌdaɪ nəˈθɪr i əm /

noun

plural

dinotheria, dinotheriums

1. any of the large, extinct mammals of genus Deinotherium, having a proboscis and tusks like those of the elephant, but with the tusks curving downward from the jaw.

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dinotherium Scientific  

/ dī′nə-thîr′ē-əm /

1. 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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Example Sentences

Its mammoths and its mastodons, its rhinoceri and its hippopotami, its enormous dinotherium and colossal megatherium, greatly more than equalled in bulk the largest mammals of the present time, and vastly exceeded them in number.

From The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed by Miller, Hugh

They were accompanied by the remains of the mastodon, dinotherium, palæotherium, rhinoceros, gigantic sloth, and other extinct quadrupeds.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

"What am dat dinotherium?" asked Washington, entering the room at that moment and catching the word.

From Through Space to Mars Or the Longest Journey on Record by Rockwood, Roy

A man sat on a rock and sought Refreshment from his thumb; A dinotherium wandered by And scared him some.

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn

Or go to Germany, and imagine the bones of the dinotherium to start out of the soil, and become clothed with flesh and instinct with life.

From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Hitchcock, Edward