indricotheren.

Brit.

/ˈɪndrᵻkə(ʊ)ˌθɪə/, U.S.

/ˈɪndrᵻkəˌθɪ(ə)r/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Indricotherium.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Indricotherium, genus name (A. A. Borisjak 1916, in Geol. vestnik 1 131; < Russian indrik giant mythical animal (Old Russian indrik" , of uncertain origin) + scientific Latin -o- -o- connective + scientific Latin -therium ): see -there comb. form.

Palaeontology.

Any of a group of extinct herbivorous ungulate mammals of great height, related to rhinoceroses and found as fossils in Eurasian deposits of the Oligocene epoch.Indricotheres are perissodactyls of the family Hyracodontidae, subfamily Paraceratheriinae.

ΚΠ

1966 Jrnl. Mammalogy 47 635 This group of rhinocerotoids appears to have given rise to the giant indricotheres of the Oligocene.

1996 S. J. Gould Life's Grandeur (1997) v. 72 The largest land mammals that ever lived—the giant indricotheres, including the all-time size champion Paraceratherium (often called Baluchitherium), which stood eighteen feet tall at the shoulder and browsed on treetops.

2002 J. Agustí & M. Antón Mammoths, Sabertooths, & Hominids iii. 70 Adult indricotheres were virtually immune to predation.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	indricothere
释义	indricotheren. Brit. /ˈɪndrᵻkə(ʊ)ˌθɪə/, U.S. /ˈɪndrᵻkəˌθɪ(ə)r/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Indricotherium. Etymology: < scientific Latin Indricotherium, genus name (A. A. Borisjak 1916, in Geol. vestnik 1 131; < Russian indrik giant mythical animal (Old Russian indrik" , of uncertain origin) + scientific Latin -o- -o- connective + scientific Latin -therium ): see -there comb. form. Palaeontology. Any of a group of extinct herbivorous ungulate mammals of great height, related to rhinoceroses and found as fossils in Eurasian deposits of the Oligocene epoch.Indricotheres are perissodactyls of the family Hyracodontidae, subfamily Paraceratheriinae. ΚΠ 1966 Jrnl. Mammalogy 47 635 This group of rhinocerotoids appears to have given rise to the giant indricotheres of the Oligocene. 1996 S. J. Gould Life's Grandeur (1997) v. 72 The largest land mammals that ever lived—the giant indricotheres, including the all-time size champion Paraceratherium (often called Baluchitherium), which stood eighteen feet tall at the shoulder and browsed on treetops. 2002 J. Agustí & M. Antón Mammoths, Sabertooths, & Hominids iii. 70 Adult indricotheres were virtually immune to predation. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1966
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