palaeotheriumpaleotheriumn.

Brit.

/ˌpalɪə(ʊ)ˈθɪərɪəm/,

/ˌpeɪlɪə(ʊ)ˈθɪərɪəm/, U.S.

/ˈˌpeɪlioʊˈθɪriəm/

Inflections: Plural palaeotheriums, paleotheriums, palaeotheria, paleotheria.

Forms: 1800s– palaeotherium, 1800s– paleotherium (now chiefly North American).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Palaeotherium.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Palaeotherium, genus name (G. Cuvier 1804, in Ann. du Muséum National d'Hist. Nat. 3 289) < palaeo- palaeo- comb. form + -therium (see megatherium n.).

Palaeontology.

A fossil ungulate mammal (palaeothere) of the genus Palaeotherium, regarded as an early relative of the horse. Also (in form Palaeotherium): the genus itself.

ΚΠ

1815 W. Phillips Outl. Mineral. & Geol. (1818) 89 In the gypsum, Cuvier discovered the bones of 5 varieties of an extinct animal, which he calls palæotherium..varying in size from a sheep to a horse.

1845 C. Darwin Jrnl. (ed. 2) viii. 172 It belongs to the same division of the Pachydermata with the rhinoceros, tapir, and palæotherium.

1856 Proc. Royal Soc. 1854–5 7 269 Remains of Paleotheria and other extinct quadrupeds.

1958 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 88 135 Huxley..suggested that the European fossil genera Palaeotherium—Anchitherium—Hipparion—Equus represent a temporal series marking the gradual evolution of the modern horse.

1977 Daily Tel. 25 July 12 Two Victorian prehistoric monsters are to be added to the 27 already in Crystal Palace park. They are palaeotheriums, predecessors of the tapir.

1990 J. E. Pollard in D. E. G. Briggs & P. R. Crowther Palaeobiology iv. 365/1 The early horse Palaeotherium has gastric contents of leaves and fruit, proving that it browsed on forest vegetation.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	palaeotherium
释义	palaeotheriumpaleotheriumn. Brit. /ˌpalɪə(ʊ)ˈθɪərɪəm/, /ˌpeɪlɪə(ʊ)ˈθɪərɪəm/, U.S. /ˈˌpeɪlioʊˈθɪriəm/ Inflections: Plural palaeotheriums, paleotheriums, palaeotheria, paleotheria. Forms: 1800s– palaeotherium, 1800s– paleotherium (now chiefly North American). Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Palaeotherium. Etymology: < scientific Latin Palaeotherium, genus name (G. Cuvier 1804, in Ann. du Muséum National d'Hist. Nat. 3 289) < palaeo- palaeo- comb. form + -therium (see megatherium n.). Palaeontology. A fossil ungulate mammal (palaeothere) of the genus Palaeotherium, regarded as an early relative of the horse. Also (in form Palaeotherium): the genus itself. ΚΠ 1815 W. Phillips Outl. Mineral. & Geol. (1818) 89 In the gypsum, Cuvier discovered the bones of 5 varieties of an extinct animal, which he calls palæotherium..varying in size from a sheep to a horse. 1845 C. Darwin Jrnl. (ed. 2) viii. 172 It belongs to the same division of the Pachydermata with the rhinoceros, tapir, and palæotherium. 1856 Proc. Royal Soc. 1854–5 7 269 Remains of Paleotheria and other extinct quadrupeds. 1958 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 88 135 Huxley..suggested that the European fossil genera Palaeotherium—Anchitherium—Hipparion—Equus represent a temporal series marking the gradual evolution of the modern horse. 1977 Daily Tel. 25 July 12 Two Victorian prehistoric monsters are to be added to the 27 already in Crystal Palace park. They are palaeotheriums, predecessors of the tapir. 1990 J. E. Pollard in D. E. G. Briggs & P. R. Crowther Palaeobiology iv. 365/1 The early horse Palaeotherium has gastric contents of leaves and fruit, proving that it browsed on forest vegetation. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1815
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