D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Cheirotherium

· Chei·ro·the·ri·um · IPA
01 prop. n. A genus of extinct animals, so named from fossil footprints rudely resembling impressions of the human hand, and believed to have been made…
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    A genus of extinct animals, so named from fossil footprints rudely resembling impressions of the human hand, and believed to have been made by labyrinthodont reptiles. See Illustration in Appendix.(Poleon.)