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Webster 1913 Edition

Dinotherium

{

Di′no-there

, ‖

Diˊno-the′ri-um

, }

Noun.

[NL.

dinotherium

, fr. Gr.

δεινόσ

terrible +

θηρίον

beast.]

(Paleon.)

A large extinct proboscidean mammal from the miocene beds of Europe and Asia. It is remarkable for a pair of tusks directed downward from the decurved apex of the lower jaw.