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dinothere definition

di·no·there (dī′nō t̸hir′, -nə-)

noun

any of a genus (Dinotherium, order Proboscidea) of extinct elephantlike mammals of the Miocene Epoch with tusks curving downward from the lower jaw

Etymology: < dino- + Gr thēr, wild beast: see fierce

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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