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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

UINTATHERIUM

U *in `ta *the "ri *um, n. Etym: [NL. , fr. Uinta, the Indian name of the region where the animals were discovered + Gr. qhri `on beast. ] (Paleon.)

 

Defn: An extinct genus of large Eocene ungulates allied to Dinoceras. This name is sometimes used for nearly all the known species of the group. See Dinoceras.