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Andrewsarchus

Definition of Andrewsarchus

noun

  • a very large carnivorous mammal of the Eocene epoch.

Origin:

modern Latin: from the name of the US palaeontologist Roy Chapman Andrews (1884–1960), who led the expedition on which the animal's fossils were found, + Greek arkhos 'ruler'

Andrewsarchus in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Andrewsarchus in the US English dictionary