释义 |
si·va·the·ri·um \ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷_əm\ noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Siva, supreme god of many Hindu sects (from Sanskrit Śiva) + -therium : a genus that comprises very large mammals from the Pliocene of India with two pairs of horns of which the posterior are large and somewhat palmated and a muzzle probably fleshy or dilated like that of the saiga antelope and that is placed in the same family as the giraffe or sometimes made the type of a distinct family |