dinoceras

/ (daɪˈnɒsərəs) /


noun
  1. another name for a uintathere

Origin of dinoceras

1
C19: New Latin, from Greek deinos fearful + keras horn

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How to use dinoceras in a sentence

  • The black herds of the dinoceras stopped feeding all at once, and raised their vicious heads and stared.

    In the Morning of Time | Charles G. D. Roberts
  • The wounded dinoceras drew away, to 39 die or recover as curious Nature might decree.

    In the Morning of Time | Charles G. D. Roberts
  • It is quite clear, then, that we cannot place the dinoceras in any order of living mammals.

    Extinct Monsters | H. N. Hutchinson
  • The skull is singularly reminiscent of dinoceras, with which this quite Artiodactyle genus has, of course, nothing to do.

  • These were the migrant herds of the dinoceras, just arrived at their new pasturage.

    In the Morning of Time | Charles G. D. Roberts