资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Uintatherium \U*in`ta*the"ri*um\, n. [NL., fr. Uinta, the Indian
name of the region where the animals were discovered + Gr.
qhri`on beast.] (Paleon.)
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}.
Dinoceras \Di*noc"e*ras\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? terrible + ?, ?,
horn.] (Paleon.)
A genus of large extinct Eocene mammals from Wyoming; --
called also {Uintatherium}. See Illustration in Appendix.
Note: They were herbivorous, and remarkable for three pairs
of hornlike protuberances on the skull. The males were
armed with a pair of powerful canine tusks.
资料来源 : WordNet®
Uintatherium
n : type genus of the Uintatheriidae; extinct large herbivorous
ungulates somewhat resembling elephants; from the Eocene
in Wyoming [syn: {genus Uintatherium}]