Home › Words › C › chalicotherechalicotherechalicothere means any of various odd-toed ungulates of the family Chalicotheriidae, from the Eocene and Pleistocene periods, which had horse-like heads and apelike bodies.EtymologyFrom scientific Latin Chalicotherium (originally a genus name), from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “gravel”) + θηρίον (thēríon, “beast”).nounAny of various odd-toed ungulates of the family Chalicotheriidae, from the Eocene and Pleistocene periods, which had horse-like heads and apelike bodies.e.g.“During the Miocene, a veritable evolutionary explosion of chalicotheres occurred in Europe, with no less than five genera existing at one time.” — 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 103:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.chalicotheriid 77% match — Any mammal in the family Chalicotheriidae. vs chalicothere →chirotherian 61% match — Relating to Chirotherium fossils. vs chalicothere →dichobunid 59% match — Any extinct mammal in the family Dichobunidae. vs chalicothere →anthracothere 59% match — Any of several artiodactyl ungulates, of the extinct family †Anthracotheriidae, related to the hippopotamus. vs chalicothere →chaeropodid 58% match — Any extinct marsupial in the family †Chaeropodidae; a pig-footed bandicoot. vs chalicothere →cherogril 57% match — A hyrax. vs chalicothere →chilihueque 57% match — A dubious species of domesticated south American mammal, †Lama araucana, possibly a hybrid of llama and guanaco, of the Andes, extinct since the 19th century vs chalicothere →chelodid 56% match — Any of the family Chelodidae of extinct molluscs. vs chalicothere →