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chalicotheres

chalicotheres is the plural of chalicothere.

Meaning of chalicothere

Noun

chalicothere (plural chalicotheres)

  1. Any of various odd-toed ungulates of the family Chalicotheriidae, from the Eocene and Pleistocene periods, which had horse-like heads and apelike bodies.
    • During the Miocene, a veritable evolutionary explosion of chalicotheres occurred in Europe, with no less than five genera existing at one time.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 103

Questions about chalicotheres

What is chalicotheres the plural of?
Chalicotheres is the plural of chalicothere.

Words near chalicotheres in the dictionary

  1. chalices
  2. chalicist
  3. chalicists
  4. chalicosis
  5. chalicothere
  6. chalicotheres
  7. chalicotheriid
  8. chalicotheriids
  9. chalimi
  10. chalimus
  11. Chalindrey

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