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Paleotherium
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Paˊle-o-the′ri-um
(pāˊlē̍-ō̍-thē′rĭ-ŭm)
, Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
παλαιόσ
ancient + θηρίον
beast.] (Paleon.)
An extinct genus of herbivorous Tertiary mammals, once supposed to have resembled the tapir in form, but now known to have had a more slender form, with a long neck like that of a llama.
[Written also
Palæotherium
.]