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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dinoceras \Di*noc"e*ras\, n. [NL., fr Gr ? terrible + ?, ?,
horn.] (Paleon.)
A genus of large extinct Eocene mammals from Wyoming; --
called also {Uintatherium}. See Illustration in Appendix.
Note: 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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
dinoceras
n : a variety of dinocerate [syn: {uintathere}]
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