Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An animal of the genus Anthracotherium and family Anthracotheriidæ.

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  • noun Any of several extinct artiodactyl ungulates, of the family Anthracotheriidae, related to the hippopotamus

Etymologies

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anthraco- + -there

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Examples

  • There was a giant, horse-sized hyrax; several primitive carnivores, some as small as a weasel, others as massive as a grizzly bear; ancestral elephants, rhinos, and pigs; an odd hippolike animal called an anthracothere; and primitive ruminants related to giraffes.

    Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

  • There was a giant, horse-sized hyrax; several primitive carnivores, some as small as a weasel, others as massive as a grizzly bear; ancestral elephants, rhinos, and pigs; an odd hippolike animal called an anthracothere; and primitive ruminants related to giraffes.

    Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

  • The deer-pig, the Raksasa, the only living anthracothere … welcome to the world of babirusas

    Archive 2006-08-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • Darren Naish: Tetrapod Zoology: The deer-pig, the Raksasa, the only living anthracothere … welcome to the world of babirusas

    The deer-pig, the Raksasa, the only living anthracothere… welcome to the world of babirusas Darren Naish 2006

  • The deer-pig, the Raksasa, the only living anthracothere … welcome to the world of babirusas

    The deer-pig, the Raksasa, the only living anthracothere… welcome to the world of babirusas Darren Naish 2006

  • The deer-pig, the Raksasa, the only living anthracothere ... welcome to the world of babirusas Are anthracotheres alive and well and living on Sulawesi?

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • It would appear that my other new book is out: Dorling Kindersley's South America, land of toads, part I: harlequins, redbellies and plump toads The deer-pig, the Raksasa, the only living anthracothere ... welcome to the world of babirusas

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

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