Anchitherium
noun
An·chi·the·ri·um
ˌaŋkəˈthirēəm
: a genus of extinct Miocene and Pliocene perissodactyl mammals related to the modern horse from which they differ in dentition and especially in the limbs, having a complete ulna and fibula and three functional toes of which the middle one is much the largest
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin, from Greek anchí "near, close by" + New Latin -therium -therium; so named from the resemblance of its teeth to those of other ungulate genera (Rhinoceros, Anoplotherium, Palaeotherium)
First Known Use
1847, in the meaning defined above
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