Found 3 hits - Term: uintatherium, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
uintatherium \uin`tathe"rium\, n. nl., fr. uinta, the indian
name of the region where the animals were discovered + gr.
qhri`on beast. paleon.
an extinct genus of large eocene ungulates allied to
dinoceras. this name is sometimes used for nearly all the
known species of the group. see dinoceras.
1913 webster
see also:
dinoceras
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
dinoceras \dinoc"eras\, n. nl., fr. gr. ? terrible + ?, ?,
horn. paleon.
a genus of large extinct eocene mammals from wyoming; --
called also uintatherium. see illustration in appendix.
1913 webster
note: they were herbivorous, and remarkable for three pairs
of hornlike protuberances on the skull. the males were
armed with a pair of powerful canine tusks.
1913 webster
see also:
uintatherium
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
uintatherium
n : type genus of the uintatheriidae; extinct large herbivorous
ungulates somewhat resembling elephants; from the eocene
in wyoming syn: genus uintatherium
see also:
genus uintatherium
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