Nototherium

noun

No·​to·​the·​ri·​um

ˌnōtəˈthirēəm

: a genus of gigantic herbivorous diprotodont marsupials of the Pleistocene of Australia

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from not- + New Latin -therium

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