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/kal"i koh thear'/, n.a horselike fossil of the genus Chalicotherium and related genera, common in Europe, Asia, and Africa during the Tertiary Period, having a sloping back and three-toed, clawed feet.[ < NL Chalicotherium (1833) < Gk chalik-, s. of chálix gravel + -o- -O- + theríon -THERE]
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Universalium. 2010.