dinothere

[ dahy-nuh-theer ]

noun

1. any elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Dinotherium, from the later Tertiary Period of Europe and Asia, having large, outwardly curving tusks.

dinothere

/ ˈdaɪnəˌθɪə /

noun

1. any extinct late Tertiary elephant-like mammal of the genus Dinotherium (or Deinotherium ), having a down-turned jaw with tusks curving downwards and backwards

Word History and Origins

Origin of dinothere¹

< New Latin Dinotherium (1829); dino-, -there

Word History and Origins

Origin of dinothere¹

C19: from New Latin dinotherium, from Greek deinos fearful + thērion, diminutive of thēr beast

Example Sentences

The Dinothere and the Mastodon wallowed and browsed where great London now crowds its princely palaces.

From Project Gutenberg

In the great swamps of emerging Germany, and in the, as yet, only half-drained valleys of Switzerland, lurked then the heavy Dinothere.

From Project Gutenberg