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English
Etymology
From scientific Latin Anthracotherium (genus name; see Anthracotherium § Etymology). By surface analysis, anthraco- + -there from Ancient Greek θηρίον (thēríon, “beast”).
Noun
anthracothere (plural anthracotheres)
- (paleontology) Any of several artiodactyl ungulates, of the extinct family Anthracotheriidae, related to the hippopotamus.
2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 86:One mysterious anthracocthere known as Diplopus […] entered Europe just before la grande coupure, presumably by swimming the Turgai Strait.
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Translations
any of several artiodactyl ungulates of the extinct family Anthracotheriidae