Translingual

Proper noun

Chœropsis f

1. Alternative spelling of Choeropsis
   • 1902 CE, C. I. Forsyth Major, in The Geological magazine, Cambridge University Press; volume IX, №. V, page #198:

     Moreover, on account of the similarity of the lower canine and incisors of the Liberian ‘ Chœropsis ’ with the same teeth of Cuvier’s “ petit Hippopotame fossile ” (H. minutus, Blainv.), supposed to come from a locality in Southern France, Gervais has proposed for the latter the name Chœropsis minutus.

References

• 1911, Benjamin Eli Smith, William Dwight Whitney, The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, page 973.