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uintatherium
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun uintatherium has 1 sense
- uintatherium(n = noun.animal) genus uintatherium - type genus of the Uintatheriidae; extinct large herbivorous ungulates somewhat resembling elephants; from the Eocene in Wyoming; Array is a kind of mammal genus
is a member of family uintatheriidae, uintatheriidae
CIDE DICTIONARY
uintatherium, n. [NL., fr. Uinta, the Indian name of the region where the animals were discovered + Gr. qhri`on beast.].
An extinct genus of large Eocene ungulates allied to Dinoceras. This name is sometimes used for nearly all the known species of the group. See Dinoceras. [1913 Webster]
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