Samotherium

noun

Sam·​o·​the·​ri·​um

ˌsaməˈthirēəm

: a genus of extinct ungulates of the Miocene of Greece related to the giraffe but having a shorter neck and no median frontal knob

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Samos, island in the Aegean sea + -therium

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