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deinothere

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
deinothere
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the genus †Deinotherium of large, extinct proboscidean mammals, a relative of modern elephants.

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Etymology

From scientific Latin Deinotherium (genus name), from Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós, “fearful, terrible”) + θηρίον (thēríon, “wild beast”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: δεινός

Inflected Forms

deinotheres (plural) dinothere (alternative)

Synonyms

deinotherium

Questions

What does deinothere mean?
Any of the genus †Deinotherium of large, extinct proboscidean mammals, a relative of modern elephants.
Where does deinothere come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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