Definition of Dinothere. Meaning of Dinothere. Synonyms of Dinothere

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Definition of Dinothere

Dinothere
Dinothere Di"no*there, Dinotherium Di`no*the"ri*um, n. [NL. dinotherium, fr. Gr. ? terrible + ? beast.] (Paleon.) A large extinct proboscidean mammal from the miocene beds of Europe and Asia. It is remarkable fora pair of tusks directed downward from the decurved apex of the lower jaw.

Meaning of Dinothere from wikipedia

- Deinotherium is an extinct genus of large, elephant-like proboscideans that lived from about the middle-Miocene until the early Pleistocene. Although its...
- exhibit pieces, among them a life-sized reconstruction of the skeleton of a dinothere, discovered in the Rezine region in 1966. It also includes exhibits on...