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titanothere

[ tahy-tan-uh-theer, tahyt-n-uh- ]

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.


titanothere

/ 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


titanothere

/ tī-tănə-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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Word History and Origins

Origin of titanothere1

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

Origin of titanothere1

C19: from New Latin Tītānotherium giant animal, from Greek Titan + thēr wild beast
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Example Sentences

So numerous are the fossil remains in the lower White River beds that these strata are called the titanothere beds.

King of this jungle was the titanothere, with its great body, short stocky neck, and columnar legs.

Related to Palaeosyops is another primitive Titanothere, the genus Telmatotherium.

The skull of these creatures was rather elongated, and not unlike that of a Titanothere in general aspect.

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