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deinothere en · NOUN

Etymology

From scientific Latin Deinotherium (genus name), from Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós, “fearful, terrible”) + θηρίον (thēríon, “wild beast”).

Meanings

1. Any of the genus †Deinotherium of large, extinct proboscidean mammals, a relative of modern elephants.
   • Over the Miocene the European deinotheres became enormous, some reaching weights of 15 tonnes—making them among the largest land mammals ever to have existed. 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 105:

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deinotherium