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| chal·i·co·there [ kállikə thr ] (plural chal·i·co·theres) |
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extinct animal resembling horse: an extinct mammal resembling a horse with clawed feet and forelimbs slightly longer than the hind limbs. It lived from about 55 million to about 10,000 years ago. Suborder Chalicotheriidae.
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| [Early 20th century. < modern Latin Chalicotherium "animal found in gravel" < Greek khalik- "pebble" + thērion "small animal" < thēr "animal"] |
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