chalicothere

English

Etymology

From scientific Latin Chalicotherium (originally a genus name), from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “gravel”) + θηρίον (thēríon, “beast”).

Noun

chalicothere (plural chalicotheres)

1. Any of various odd-toed ungulates of the family Chalicotheriidae, from the Eocene and Pleistocene periods, which had horse-like heads and apelike bodies.
   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 103:

     During the Miocene, a veritable evolutionary explosion of chalicotheres occurred in Europe, with no less than five genera existing at one time.