Brontotherium | ‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; thunder + &unr_; beast. ] (Paleon.) A genus of large extinct mammals from the miocene strata of western North America. They were allied to the rhinoceros, but the skull bears a pair of powerful horn cores in front of the orbits, and the fore feet were four-toed. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ] |