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单词 dinothere
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dinothere

[ dahy-nuh-theer ]
/ ˈdaɪ nəˌθɪər /

noun

any elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Dinotherium, from the later Tertiary Period of Europe and Asia, having large, outwardly curving tusks.
Also di·no·the·ri·um [dahy-nuh-theer-ee-uhm]. /ˌdaɪ nəˈθɪər i əm/.

Origin of dinothere

<New Latin Dinotherium (1829); see dino-, -there

Words nearby dinothere

dinoflagellate, dinosaur, dinosaurian, Dinosaur National Monument, dinosaurs, dinothere, dinotherium, dint, dinucleotide, Dinwiddie, D'Inzeo
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Example sentences from the Web for dinothere

  • The Dinothere and the Mastodon wallowed and browsed where great London now crowds its princely palaces.

    The Romance of Natural History, Second Series|Philip Henry Gosse

British Dictionary definitions for dinothere

dinothere
/ (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 for dinothere

C19: from New Latin dinotherium, from Greek deinos fearful + thērion, diminutive of thēr beast
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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