英语词汇“sivatherium”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

sivatherium

释义

‖ sivatherium Palæont.|sɪvəˈθɪərɪəm|
[mod.L., f. Siva the Hindu god + Gr. θηρίον wild beast.]
A fossil ruminant of great size, with four horns, discovered in the Siwalik or Sub-Himalayan hills in Northern India.
1835Falconer & Cautley in Asiatic Res. XIX. i. 2 We have named the fossil, Sivatherium [etc.].Ibid. 22 The food of the Sivatherium was less herbaceous than that of existing horned ruminants.1851Mantell Petrifactions 457 The living Sivatherium must have resembled an immense Gnu or Antelope.1886Geikie Class-bk. Geol. xxvi. (1903) 393 The Sivatherium and Bramatherium—colossal, four-horned creatures, allied to our living antelopes and prong-bucks.

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