单词 | dinothere |
释义 | dinothere in British English (ˈdaɪnəˌθɪə) noun any extinct late Tertiary elephant-like mammal of the genus Dinotherium (or Deinotherium), having a down-turned jaw with tusks curving downwards and backwards Word origin C19: from New Latin dinotherium, from Greek deinos fearful + thērion, diminutive of thēr beastdinothere in American English (ˈdaɪnoʊˌθɪr; ˈdaɪnəˌθɪr) noun any of a genus (Dinotherium, order Proboscidea) of extinct elephantlike mammals of the Miocene Epoch with tusks curving downward from the lower jaw Word origin < dino- + Gr thēr, wild beast: see fierceWord lists withmammal |
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