Moropus

noun

Mor·​o·​pus

ˈmȯrəpəs,

ˈmär-

: a genus of American Miocene clawed perissodactyls (family Chalicotheriidae) attaining the size of modern horses

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek mōros sluggish, dull + New Latin -pus; from its suggested affinities to the sloth

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