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Word: Dinothere
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century; earliest use found in Richard Owen (1804–1892), comparative anatomist and palaeontologist. From scientific Latin Deinotherium (also Dinotherium) dinotherium, with omission of the ending; compare -there
Definition:
A large mammal of the extinct genus Deinotherium or the family Deinotheriidae.
Variant Forms:
- deinothere
