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Webster 1913 Edition


Sivatherium

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Sivˊa-the′ri-um

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Noun.
[NL., from E.
Siva
+ Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] a beast, an animal.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of very large extinct ruminants found in the Tertiary formation of India. The snout was prolonged in the form of a proboscis. The male had four horns, the posterior pair being large and branched. It was allied to the antelopes, but very much larger than any exsisting species.