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dinothere

[ dahy-nuh-theer ]

noun

  1. any elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Dinotherium, from the later Tertiary Period of Europe and Asia, having large, outwardly curving tusks.


dinothere

/ ˈ»å²¹Éª²Ôəˌθɪə /

noun

  1. any extinct late Tertiary elephant-like mammal of the genus Dinotherium (or Deinotherium ), having a down-turned jaw with tusks curving downwards and backwards
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dinothere1

< New Latin Dinotherium (1829); dino-, -there
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dinothere1

C19: from New Latin dinotherium, from Greek deinos fearful + ³Ù³óŧ°ù¾±´Ç²Ô, diminutive of ³Ù³óŧ°ù beast
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The Dinothere and the Mastodon wallowed and browsed where great London now crowds its princely palaces.

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In the great swamps of emerging Germany, and in the, as yet, only half-drained valleys of Switzerland, lurked then the heavy Dinothere.

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