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Webster 1913 Edition
Sivatherium
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Sivˊa-the′ri-um
,Noun.
[NL., from E.
Siva
+ Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] a beast, an animal.] (Paleon.)
A genus of very large extinct ruminants found in the Tertiary formation of India. The snout was prolonged in the form of a proboscis. The male had four horns, the posterior pair being large and branched. It was allied to the antelopes, but very much larger than any exsisting species.
Definition 2024
Sivatherium
Sivatherium
Translingual
Proper noun
Sivatherium f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Giraffidae – extinct giraffids.