deinothere

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English

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Alternative forms

A deinothere (Deinotherium giganteum, artist's impression)

Etymology

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Wikispecies From scientific Latin Deinotherium, Dinotherium (genus names), from Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós, fearful, terrible) + θηρίον (thēríon, wild beast).

Noun

deinothere (plural deinotheres)

  1. (paleontology) Any of the genus †Deinotherium of large, extinct proboscidean mammals, a relative of modern elephants.
    • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 105:
      Over the Miocene the European deinotheres became enormous, some reaching weights of 15 tonnes—making them among the largest land mammals ever to have existed.

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