Macrotherium
/ˌmakrəʊˈθɪərɪəm/Palaeontology
noun
A genus of large Eurasian chalicotheres of the Miocene epoch; (also macrotherium) a chalicothere of this genus.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Robert Thomson (1810–1864), medical officer of health. From scientific Latin Macrotherium from macro- + -therium.