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‖ Dinoceras|daɪˈnɒsəræs|
[mod.L. (Marsh, 1872) f. Gr. δειν-ός fearful, terrible + κέρας horn.]
A genus of extinct ungulated quadrupeds (Dinocerata) of huge size, and having apparently three pairs of horns. Hence diˈnocerate a., related to the dinoceras, as a dinocerate animal.
1872Marsh Amer. Jrnl. Sc. & Art Ser. iii. IV. 344. 1877 Le Conte Elem. Geol. (1879) 506 The brain of the Middle Eocene Dinoceras is only about one eighth the size of a living Rhinoceros of equal bulk. 1886A. Winchell Walks Geol. Field 256 The dinoceras was like an elephant in size. It had short legs, and perhaps three pairs of horns,—one on the snout, one on the cheeks, and one on the forehead. |