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Aceratherium

noun
Acera·the·ri·um | \ ¦āˌserəˈthirēəm \

Definition of Aceratherium 

: a genus of extinct hornless rhinoceroses of the Oligocene, Miocene, and Pliocene

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First Known Use of Aceratherium

circa 1845, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for Aceratherium

New Latin, irregular from Greek akeratos + New Latin -therium

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