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anthracothere

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
an-thra-cothere
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several artiodactyl ungulates, of the extinct family †Anthracotheriidae, related to the hippopotamus.

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Etymology

From scientific Latin Anthracotherium (genus name; see Anthracotherium § Etymology). By surface analysis, anthraco- + -there from Ancient Greek θηρίον (thēríon, “beast”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: θηρίον

Inflected Forms

anthracotheres (plural)

Synonyms

anthracotheriid

Questions

What does anthracothere mean?
Any of several artiodactyl ungulates, of the extinct family †Anthracotheriidae, related to the hippopotamus.
Where does anthracothere come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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