† macrotheren.

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

Etymology: < scientific Latin Macrotherium Macrotherium n. with omission of the ending. N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (mæ·krŏþī^əɹ) /ˈmækrəθɪə(r)/.

Palaeontology. Obsolete.

A chalicothere of the genus Macrotherium.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Edentata > [noun] > fossil or extinct types of

glyptodon1838

macrothere1859

ganodont1897

taeniodont1933

1859 R. Owen in Encycl. Brit. XVII. 167/1 In both the Pangolin and Orycterope the femur is longer [than the humerus]: in this respect the femur of the Macrothere resembles that of the sloths.

1860 R. Owen Palæontol. 350 It is certainly with the femur of the..Edentata, rather than with that of the Proboscidians or Pachyderms, that one should compare the femur of the Macrothere.

1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. iv. 528 The Macrothere..was related to the African Pangolin (the Anteater) but was six or eight times its size.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	macrothere
释义	† macrotheren. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Macrotherium. Etymology: < scientific Latin Macrotherium Macrotherium n. with omission of the ending. N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (mæ·krŏþī^əɹ) /ˈmækrəθɪə(r)/. Palaeontology. Obsolete. A chalicothere of the genus Macrotherium. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Edentata > [noun] > fossil or extinct types of glyptodon1838 macrothere1859 ganodont1897 taeniodont1933 1859 R. Owen in Encycl. Brit. XVII. 167/1 In both the Pangolin and Orycterope the femur is longer [than the humerus]: in this respect the femur of the Macrothere resembles that of the sloths. 1860 R. Owen Palæontol. 350 It is certainly with the femur of the..Edentata, rather than with that of the Proboscidians or Pachyderms, that one should compare the femur of the Macrothere. 1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. iv. 528 The Macrothere..was related to the African Pangolin (the Anteater) but was six or eight times its size. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1859
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