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单词 anthracotherium
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anthracotheriumn.

Brit. /ˌanθrəkə(ʊ)ˈθɪərɪəm/, U.S. /ˌænθrəkoʊˈθɪriəm/
Inflections: Plural anthracotheriums, anthracotheria.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin anthracotherium.
Etymology: < scientific Latin anthracotherium, genus name ( Cuvier Recherches sur les ossemens fossiles (1822) III. 396) < anthraco- anthraco- comb. form + -therium (in e.g. Megatherium megatherium n.), in allusion to the finding of its remains in lignite (brown coal) deposits.
Palaeontology.
A large extinct ungulate artiodactyl mammal of the genus Anthracotherium (family Anthracotheriidae) or the group including this genus, known from fossil remains in Tertiary deposits, esp. of lignite. Also (in form Anthracotherium): the genus itself. Cf. anthracothere n.
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1823 tr. A. von Humboldt Geognostical Ess. Superposition Rocks 392 The molasse..contains bones of mastodontes and of anthracotherium [Fr. anthracoterium].
1833 C. Lyell 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.
1864 Philos. Mag. 27 Suppl. 493 It is probable also that much time would be necessary for the Anthracotheria, Tapirs, and Mastodons of the Molasse to yield their place to Elephants.
1913 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 185 350 From the latter of these two localities have been obtained excellently preserved remains..of a large Anthracotherium.
1960 B. Rensch Evol. above Species Level vi. 207 The Recent types of llamas and camels originated from hare-sized Eocene ancestors, like Catodontherium, which evolved into the Oligocene Anthracotherium of about the size of a rhinoceros.
2002 J. Agusti & M. Anton Mammoths, Sabertooths & Hominids iii. 73 The canines were, in general, more reduced than in the large Anthracotherium.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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