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anthracothere (iou)



anthracothere noun. M19.
[French anthracothere from Greek anthrak-, anthrax coal + therion wild animal: its remains were first found in coal-bearing strata.]
Palaeontology. An extinct artiodactyl of the family Anthracotheriidae, resembling a pig, found as fossils of Middle Tertiary age.