Sivatherium

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

  Sivatherium \Siv`a*the"ri*um\, n. [NL., from E. Siva + Gr. ????
     a beast, an animal.] (Paleon.)
     A genus of very large extinct ruminants found in the Tertiary
     formation of India. The snout was prolonged in the form of a
     proboscis. The male had four horns, the posterior pair being
     large and branched. It was allied to the antelopes, but very


     much larger than any exsisting species.
     [1913 Webster]