titanothere

American  

[tahy-tan-uh-theer, tahyt-n-uh-] / taɪˈtæn əˌθɪər, ˈtaɪt n ə- /

noun

1. any member of the extinct mammalian family Brontotheriidae, large, horned relatives of the horse common in North America and Eurasia from the Eocene to the Oligocene epochs.

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titanothere British  

/ taɪˈtænəˌθɪə /

noun

1. any of various very large horse-like perissodactyl mammals of the genera Menodus, Brontotherium, etc, that lived in Eocene and Oligocene times in North America See also chalicothere

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titanothere Scientific  

/ tī-tăn′ə-thîr′ /

1. Any of various extinct herbivorous hoofed mammals of the family Brontotheriidae of the Eocene and Oligocene Epochs. Titanotheres were mostly large animals resembling rhinoceroses and had massive skulls with horns and stout bodies.

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Etymology

Origin of titanothere

< New Latin Titanotherium genus name, equivalent to Greek Tītā́n Titan + -o- -o- + thēríon -there

Example Sentences

Another interesting, but not unique, find was the skull of a titanothere, an archaic tapir.

From Time Magazine Archive

The third Asiatic expedition of the American Museum of Natural History found in Mongolia the skull of another dinosaur, the titanothere, besides other choice fossils.

From Time Magazine Archive

The huge titanothere, and the small three-toed horse, both existed at what may roughly be called the same period of the world's history, back in the middle of the mammalian age.

From African and European Addresses by Roosevelt, Theodore

The titanothere is traceable back to a hornless animal the size of a sheep, and it ended in a horned quadruped nearly as large as an elephant.

From Time and Change by Burroughs, John