英语词汇“brontothere”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

brontothere

/ˈbrɒntəʊθɪə

noun

A large ungulate mammal of the Eocene epoch with a horn-like bony growth on the nose.

He is particularly associated with work on the giant brontotheres, and he proposed a theory to account for their evolution and extinction....

While brontotheres probably are most closely related to horses, they looked more like rhinoceroses.
In this context, the evolution of brontothere horns has fascinated paleontologists for more than a century.

Modern Latin, from Greek brontē 'thunder' + thērion 'wild beast'.

单词	brontothere
释义	brontothere /ˈbrɒntəʊθɪə / noun A large ungulate mammal of the Eocene epoch with a horn-like bony growth on the nose. Family Brontotheriidae, order Perissodactyla. He is particularly associated with work on the giant brontotheres, and he proposed a theory to account for their evolution and extinction.... While brontotheres probably are most closely related to horses, they looked more like rhinoceroses. In this context, the evolution of brontothere horns has fascinated paleontologists for more than a century. Origin Modern Latin, from Greek brontē 'thunder' + thērion 'wild beast'.
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