ti·tan·o·there (t -t n  -thîr )n. Any of various extinct herbivorous hoofed mammals of the genus Brontotherium and related genera, of the Eocene and Oligocene epochs, resembling the rhinoceros. [New Latin T t noth rium, genus name : Greek Ttn, Titan + Greek thrion, wild beast; see treacle.] |
titanothere [taɪˈtænəˌθɪə]
n
(Earth Sciences / Palaeontology) any of various very large horse-like perissodactyl mammals of the genera Menodus, Brontotherium, etc., that lived in Eocene and Oligocene times in North America See also chalicothere
[from New Latin Tītānotherium giant animal, from Greek Titan + thēr wild beast]
| titanothere (t-tn-thîr) Any of various extinct herbivorous hoofed mammals of the family Brontotheriidae of the Eocene and Oligocene Epochs. Titanotheres were mostly large animals resembling rhinoceroses and had massive skulls with horns and stout bodies. |
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