英语词汇“Moeritherium”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Moeritherium

/ˌmɪərɪˈθɪərɪəm

noun

A pig-like mammal of the late Eocene and Oligocene epochs, related to modern elephants.Not much bigger than moeritherium, phiomia did have the beginnings of a trunk and tusks on its lower jaw....

The moeritherium belonged to the Eocene period, and was the ancestor of the elephant, an animal whose grotesque features were rendered commonplace only by familiarity.

Origin

Modern Latin, from the name of Lake Moeris in Egypt, where the first fossils were found, + Greek thērion 'wild beast'.

单词	Moeritherium
释义	Moeritherium /ˌmɪərɪˈθɪərɪəm / noun A pig-like mammal of the late Eocene and Oligocene epochs, related to modern elephants.Not much bigger than moeritherium, phiomia did have the beginnings of a trunk and tusks on its lower jaw.... The moeritherium belonged to the Eocene period, and was the ancestor of the elephant, an animal whose grotesque features were rendered commonplace only by familiarity. Origin Modern Latin, from the name of Lake Moeris in Egypt, where the first fossils were found, + Greek thērion 'wild beast'.
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