any extinct late Tertiary elephant-like mammal of the genus Deinotherium, having a down-turned jaw with tusks curving downwards and backwardsIn life, the dinothere probably resembled modern elephants, except that its trunk was shorter, and it had downward curving tusks attached to the lower jaw.
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Andrei Fiodorov from Moldova, Republic of on 22/10/2018