dinotheren.

Brit.

/ˈdʌɪnə(ʊ)θɪə/, U.S.

/ˈdaɪnəˌθɪ(ə)r/

Forms: 1800s– deinothere, 1800s– dinothere.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin Deinotherium, Dinotherium.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Deinotherium (also Dinotherium) dinotherium n., with omission of the ending; compare -there comb. form. Compare earlier dinotherium n.On the variation in form, see note at dinotherium n.

Palaeontology.

A large mammal of the extinct genus Deinotherium or the family Deinotheriidae. Cf. dinotherium n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Proboscidea (elephants) > [noun] > extinct types > other types or members of

Tetracaulodon1833

dinothere1841

stegodon1857

Moeritherium1901

imperial mammoth1903

Tetrabelodon1904

imperial elephant1906

1841 R. Owen in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 259/1 The grinding surface of the true molars in the Kangaroo most resembles that which characterizes the same teeth in the Tapir, Dinothere, and Manatee.

1880 W. B. Dawkins Early Man in Brit. vi. 143 The deinotheres and mastodons..were either dragged in by the carnivores, or swept in by the flow of water.

1975 E. O. Wilson Sociobiol. xxvii. 570/1 (caption) In this speculative reconstruction the group [of Homo habilis] is in the act of driving rival predators from a newly fallen dinothere.

1992 A. K. Behrensmeyer et al. Terrestr. Ecosyst. through Time vii. 471 From the late Miocene through the Pliocene,..two endemic genera of aardvarks and a large deinothere appeared [in Africa].

2017 H. L. Levin & D. T. King Earth through Time (ed. 11) xvi. 532/1 The tusks of dinotheres were distinctive in that they were present only in the lower jaws and curved downward and backward.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	dinothere
释义	dinotheren. Brit. /ˈdʌɪnə(ʊ)θɪə/, U.S. /ˈdaɪnəˌθɪ(ə)r/ Forms: 1800s– deinothere, 1800s– dinothere. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin Deinotherium, Dinotherium. Etymology: < scientific Latin Deinotherium (also Dinotherium) dinotherium n., with omission of the ending; compare -there comb. form. Compare earlier dinotherium n.On the variation in form, see note at dinotherium n. Palaeontology. A large mammal of the extinct genus Deinotherium or the family Deinotheriidae. Cf. dinotherium n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Proboscidea (elephants) > [noun] > extinct types > other types or members of Tetracaulodon1833 dinothere1841 stegodon1857 Moeritherium1901 imperial mammoth1903 Tetrabelodon1904 imperial elephant1906 1841 R. Owen in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 259/1 The grinding surface of the true molars in the Kangaroo most resembles that which characterizes the same teeth in the Tapir, Dinothere, and Manatee. 1880 W. B. Dawkins Early Man in Brit. vi. 143 The deinotheres and mastodons..were either dragged in by the carnivores, or swept in by the flow of water. 1975 E. O. Wilson Sociobiol. xxvii. 570/1 (caption) In this speculative reconstruction the group [of Homo habilis] is in the act of driving rival predators from a newly fallen dinothere. 1992 A. K. Behrensmeyer et al. Terrestr. Ecosyst. through Time vii. 471 From the late Miocene through the Pliocene,..two endemic genera of aardvarks and a large deinothere appeared [in Africa]. 2017 H. L. Levin & D. T. King Earth through Time (ed. 11) xvi. 532/1 The tusks of dinotheres were distinctive in that they were present only in the lower jaws and curved downward and backward. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1841
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