| 单词 | titanothere |
| 释义 | titanothere in British English (taɪˈtænəˌθɪə) noun any of various very large horselike perissodactyl mammals of the genera Menodus, Brontotherium, etc, that lived in Eocene and Oligocene times in North America See also chalicothereWord origin C19: from New Latin Tītānotherium giant animal, from Greek Titan + thēr wild beasttitanothere in American English (taiˈtænəˌθɪər, ˈtaitnə-) noun any member of the extinct mammalian family Brontotheriidae, large, horned relatives of the horse common in North America and Eurasia from the Eocene to the Oligocene epochs Word origin [‹ NL Titanotherium genus name, equiv. to Gk Tītā́n titan + -o- -o- + thēríon -there]-o- is the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Greek origin (as -i- is, in compounds of Latin origin), used regularly in forming new compounds with elementsof Greek origin and often used in English as a connective irrespective of etymology(Franco-Italian; geography; seriocomic; speedometer); -there is a combining form meaning “wild animal, beast,” used in the formation of compoundwords, usually denoting extinct mammals, as adaptions of zoological taxa ending in-therium or -theria. Other words that use the affix -there include: baluchithere, chalicothere, pantothere, uintathereWord lists withmammal |
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