dinoceras

/ daɪˈnɒsərəs /

noun

1. another name for a uintathere

Word History and Origins

Origin of dinoceras¹

C19: New Latin, from Greek deinos fearful + keras horn

Example Sentences

The black herds of the Dinoceras stopped feeding all at once, and raised their vicious heads and stared.

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The wounded Dinoceras drew away, to 39 die or recover as curious Nature might decree.

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It is quite clear, then, that we cannot place the Dinoceras in any order of living mammals.

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The skull is singularly reminiscent of Dinoceras, with which this quite Artiodactyle genus has, of course, nothing to do.

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These were the migrant herds of the Dinoceras, just arrived at their new pasturage.

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