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An extinct genus of herbivorous Tertiary mammals, once supposed to have resembled the tapir in form, but now known to have had a more slender form, with a long neck like that of a llama.

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  1. n. An extinct genus of herbivorous Tertiary mammals, once supposed to have resembled the tapir in form, but now known to have had a more slender form, with a long neck like that of a llama.
  2. An extinct genus of herbivorous Tertiary mammals, once supposed to have resembled the tapir in form, but now known to have had a more slender form, with a long neck like that of a llama. [Written also Palæotherium.]
  3. An extinct genus of herbivorous Tertiary mammals, once supposedto have resembled the tapir in form, but now known to have had a moreslender form, with a long neck like that of a llama. [Written alsoPalæotherium.]