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anthracothere Palæont.|ˈænθrəkəʊˌθɪə(r)|
[ad. mod.L. anthracothērium (also used), f. as anthraconite + Gr. θηρίον beast.]
A pachyderm quadruped whose remains occur in Tertiary lignites and coal.
1833Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 222 Many entire jaws and other bones of an extinct mammifer, called by Cuvier Anthracotherium, have been found in the coal-beds. 1857Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (1876) 373 The anthracothere stands intermediate between the river-hog and hippopotamus. |