paleotherium Meaning, Definition & Usage

Pa`le*o*the"ri*um noun

Etymology

NL., fr. Gr. ancient + beast.

Definitions

1. (Paleon.) An extinct genus of herbivorous Tertiary mammals, once supposed to have resembled the tapir in form, but now known to have had a more slender form, with a long neck like that of a llama. Written also Palæotherium.