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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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