deinothere

A deinothere (Deinotherium giganteum, artist's impression)

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

deinothere (plural deinotheres)

1. (paleontology) A large, extinct proboscidean mammal of the genus Deinotherium, a relative of the modern elephants. [from 19th c.]
   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 105:

     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.

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