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- Ancient Greek · derived fromθηρίον“beast”
- English todayafrotherian
From Afrotheria, from Afro- + Ancient Greek θηρίον (thēríon, “beast”), + -n.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
afrotherian
Today it means: Belonging or pertaining to the superorder Afrotheria, which includes the elephants, aardvarks, golden moles, tenrecs, etc. Full definition →
Ancient Greek θηρίον