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Webster 1913 Edition


Dinoceras


Di-noc′e-ras

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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] terrible + [GREEK], [GREEK], horn.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of large extinct Eocene mammals from Wyoming; – called also
Uintatherium
. See Illustration in Appendix.
☞ 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.