Dinoceras

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dinoceras \Di*noc"e*ras\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? terrible + ?, ?,
     horn.] (Paleon.)
     A genus of large extinct Eocene mammals from Wyoming; --
     called also {{Uintatherium}}. See Illustration in Appendix.
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     Note: They were herbivorous, and remarkable for three pairs
           of hornlike protuberances on the skull. The males were
           armed with a pair of powerful canine tusks.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dinoceras
       n : a variety of dinocerate [syn: {uintathere}]