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chalicothere

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
chal-i-cothere
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various odd-toed ungulates of the family Chalicotheriidae, from the Eocene and Pleistocene periods, which had horse-like heads and apelike bodies.

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Etymology

From scientific Latin Chalicotherium (originally a genus name), from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “gravel”) + θηρίον (thēríon, “beast”).

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Inflected Forms

chalicotheres (plural)

Questions

What does chalicothere mean?
Any of various odd-toed ungulates of the family Chalicotheriidae, from the Eocene and Pleistocene periods, which had horse-like heads and apelike bodies.
Where does chalicothere come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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