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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various extinct land mammals of the genus Indricotherium of the Oligocene and Miocene Epochs, characterized by a long neck and very large size, possibly having weighed up to 15,750 kilograms (35,000 pounds).
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin Indricothērium, genus name : Russian indrik, fabulous beast in Russian folklore (probably from alteration of Old Russian inŭrogŭ, unicorn : inŭ, one; see oi-no- in Indo-European roots + rogŭ, horn) + Greek thērion, wild beast; see treacle.]
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chained_bear commented on the word indricotherium
See also baluchitherium and paraceratherium.
"Classification: Order Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates), Family Hyrachyidae (odd-toed ungulates between tapirs and rhinos)."
I put that here just so I could bracket "odd-toed ungulates." Heh.
August 29, 2008