Anoplotherium

noun

An·​op·​lo·​the·​ri·​um

-ˈthirēəm

: a genus of hornless artiodactyl mammals with a long tail and weak canine teeth that is the type of a family (Anoplotheriidae) of the lower Oligocene of Europe

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from anopl- + -therium

First Known Use

1809, in the meaning defined above

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