Moropus
noun
Mor·o·pus
ˈmȯrəpəs,
ˈmär-
: a genus of American Miocene clawed perissodactyls (family Chalicotheriidae) attaining the size of modern horses
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek mōros sluggish, dull + New Latin -pus; from its suggested affinities to the sloth