chalicothere

chalicothere
/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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