deinothereとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From scientific Latin Deinotherium, Dinotherium (genus names), from Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós, “fearful, terrible”) + θηρίον (thēríon, “wild beast”).

名詞

deinothere (plural deinotheres)

1. (paleontology) Any of the genus †Deinotherium of large, extinct proboscidean mammals, a relative of modern elephants. [from 19th c.]
   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 105:

     Over the Miocene the European deinotheres became enormous, some reaching weights of 15 tonnes—making them among the largest land mammals ever to have existed.

同意語

• deinotherium

参照

• Deinotherium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Deinotherium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Deinotherium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons