| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | di·no·there |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d  n -thîr |
| NOUN: | Any of various extinct elephantlike mammals of the genus Dinotherium that existed during the Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene epochs. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From New Latin Dnoth rium, genus name : Greek deinos, monstrous + Greek thrion, wild beast; see treacle.
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