macrotherium

macrotherium
\\ˌmakrōˈthirēəm\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from macr- + -therium
: a widely distributed genus of Miocene and Pliocene chalicotheres (order Perissodactyla) formerly supposed to be generalized edentates — compare chalicotheriidae

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