dinoceras Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a variety of dinocerate
    uintathere.

WordNet


Di*noc"e*ras noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. terrible + , , horn.
Definitions
  1. (Paleon.) A genus of large extinct Eocene mammals from Wyoming; -- called also Uintatherium. See Illustration in Appendix. ✍ They were herbivorous, and remarkable for three pairs of hornlike protuberances on the skull. The males were armed with a pair of powerful canine tusks.

Webster 1913