deinothere

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of the genus †Deinotherium of large, extinct proboscidean mammals, a relative of modern elephants.
    — Over the Miocene the European deinotheres became enormous, some reaching weights of 15 tonnes—making them among the largest land mammals ever to have existed.

词形变化

deinotheres plural dinothere alternative

词源

From scientific Latin Deinotherium, Dinotherium (genus names), from Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós, “fearful, terrible”) + θηρίον (thēríon, “wild beast”).
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