n. Any of various extinct elephantlike mammals of the genus Deinotherium that existed during the Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene Epochs. [New Latin Dīnothērium, genus name : Greek deinos, monstrous + Greek thērion, wild beast; see TREACLE.] |
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