Macrauchenia
/makrɔːˈkiːnɪə/Palaeontology
noun
A genus of long-necked litopterns of the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs. Also (now historical, also macrauchenia): an animal of this genus.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Richard Owen (1804–1892), comparative anatomist and palaeontologist. From scientific Latin Macrauchenia from ancient Greek μακρός long + αὐχήν neck + scientific Latin -ia.