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Definition of Dinothere
1. n. A large extinct proboscidean mammal from the miocene beds of Europe and Asia. It is remarkable fora pair of tusks directed downward from the decurved apex of the lower jaw.
Definition of Dinothere
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dinothere
Literary usage of Dinothere
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of British Fossil Mammals, and Birds by Richard. Owen (1846)
"The molar teeth of the dinothere had their grinding surface crossed by high and
sharp transverse ridges, like those of the Mastodon giganteus ..."
2. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1880)
"... Monkeys, Deer, and the first Edentates, but, as far as yet found, none of the
Bovine or Ox kind. Fig. 928 represents the skull of the dinothere ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1845)
"... are more compressed than in the Tapir and dinothere, and their lamelli- form
summits rise higher beyond their basal connexions than in the Kangaroo. ..."
4. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1868)
"The dinothere resumes the ... may be attributed to the male dinothere ; tbe
smaller specimens, with tusks of half size, to the female. ..."
5. The Science of Life; Or, Animal and Vegetable Biology by Joseph Henry Wythe (1880)
"There are no canine teeth, but the incisors are prolonged into tusks, which in
the Elephant grow from the upper jaw, in the dinothere from the lower jaw, ..."
6. The Science of Life; Or, Animal and Vegetable Biology by Joseph Henry Wythe (1880)
"There are no canine teeth, but the incisors are prolonged into tusks, which in
the Elephant grow from the upper jaw, in the dinothere from the lower jaw, ..."
7. Handbook of Geological Terms, Geology and Physical Geography: Geology and by David Page (1865)
"The zoological position of the dinothere (of which there seem to be several ...
Professor Каир regards the dinothere as intermediate between the mastodons ..."
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