di·no·there (d  n -thîr )n. Any of various extinct elephantlike mammals of the genus Dinotherium that existed during the Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene epochs. [From New Latin D noth rium, genus name : Greek deinos, monstrous + Greek thrion, wild beast; see treacle.] |
dinothere [ˈdaɪnəˌθɪə]
n
(Earth Sciences / Palaeontology) any extinct late Tertiary elephant-like mammal of the genus Dinotherium (or Deinotherium), having a down-turned jaw with tusks curving downwards and backwards
[from New Latin dinotherium, from Greek deinos fearful + thērion, diminutive of thēr beast]
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