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deinotherium

deinotherium noun: any member of the extinct proboscidean genus †Deinotherium.

deinotherium: any member of the extinct proboscidean genus †Deinotherium
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Noun

deinotherium (plural deinotheriums or deinotheria)

  1. Any member of the extinct proboscidean genus †Deinotherium.

Forms of deinotherium

pluraldeinotheriums
pluraldeinotheria

Origin of deinotherium

From the genus name.

Questions about deinotherium

What does deinotherium mean?
Deinotherium means any member of the extinct proboscidean genus †Deinotherium.
What part of speech is deinotherium?
Deinotherium is a noun.
What is the plural of deinotherium?
The plural of deinotherium is deinotheriums.

Words near deinotherium in the dictionary

  1. deinothere
  2. deinotheres
  3. deinotheria
  4. deinotheriid
  5. deinotheriids
  6. deinotherium
  7. deinotheriums
  8. deinoxanthin
  9. deinsectisation
  10. deinsectization
  11. deinsertion

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