What is "dinoceras"

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.

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.

n. a variety of dinocerate [syn: uintathere]