Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PA'LE-O-THER, or PA-LE-O-THE'RI-UM
PA-LE-ON-TOL'O-GYPA-LE-O-THE'RI-AN
PA'LE-O-THER, or PA-LE-O-THE'RI-UM, n. [Gr. παλαιος, ancient, and θεριον, beast.]
A large quadruped of the pachydermatous order, intermediate between the rhinoceros, horse and tapir; now extinct. – Bridgewater Treatise.
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