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

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.

 

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