‖ macrauchenia
(ˌmækrɔːˈkiːnɪə)
Also in anglicized form macrauchene.
[mod.L. Macrauchēnia (Owen 1838), generic name f. Gr. µακραύχην long-necked, f. µακρ-ός long + αὐχήν neck.]
A fossil animal of the order Pachydermata having some resemblance to a camel.
| 1838 Owen Fossil Mamm., Zool. Voy. Beagle (1840) I. 35 The animal—which..I propose to call Macrauchenia. Ibid. 42 The Macrauchene. 1859 Darwin Orig. Spec. vii. (1878) 178 The camel, guanaco, and macrauchenia. 1903 Q. Rev. Jan. 59 The macrauchenia, a three-toed ungulate of the size and proportions of a camel. |