giant beaver

noun

Either of two genera of extinct castorid rodents, Castoroides of North America or Trogontherium of Eurasia.

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noungiant beaver (plural giant beavers)

plural giant beavers

  1. Either of two genera of extinct castorid rodents, Castoroides of North America or Trogontherium of Eurasia.

    Early ice-age Europe was also home to giant beavers of the genus Trogontherium.

    2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 152
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