uintathere

American

[yoo-in-tuh-theer] / yuˈɪn təˌθɪər /

noun

any hoofed North American mammal of the extinct genus Dinoceras, of the Eocene Epoch, having a massive body and three pairs of horns.

uintathere British

/ juːˈɪntəˌθɪə /

noun

Also called: dinoceras. any of various extinct Tertiary rhinoceros-like mammals of North America, having six horny processes on the head

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Etymology

Origin of uintathere

< New Latin Uintatherium (1872) a related genus, equivalent to Uinta Co., SW Wyoming, where fossils of the animal were found + Greek thēríon -there

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Others are strangers to most of us: eurypterid, uintathere, onychophoran.

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