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- noun Any of various
odd -toed ungulates , of the family Chalicotheriidae, from theEocene andPleistocene periods
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She decided to announce them to the world at a press conference in Washington, D.C., in February 1978, along with some other surprising finds: the first fossilized prints of a chalicothere, a peculiar herbivore that sported claws on its hooves; and the possible track of a knuckle-walking ape.
Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995
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She decided to announce them to the world at a press conference in Washington, D.C., in February 1978, along with some other surprising finds: the first fossilized prints of a chalicothere, a peculiar herbivore that sported claws on its hooves; and the possible track of a knuckle-walking ape.
Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995
she commented on the word chalicothere
A perissodactyl mammal of the extinct genus Chalicotherium (family Chalicotheriidæ), with a horse-like head and clawed toes.
August 8, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word chalicothere
See also chalicotherium.
September 3, 2008