aphelops

aphelops
\\ˈafəˌläps\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek aphelēs smooth + ōps face; from the absence of a horn — more at optic
: a genus of fossil rhinoceroses of very robust build and with very short legs found in the Miocene and Pliocene of America

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