cheirotherium

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cheirotherium - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cheirotherium \Chei`ro*the"ri*um\, prop. n. [NL., fr. Gr. chei`r
     hand + qhri`on beast.] (Poleon.)
     A genus of extinct animals, so named from fossil footprints
     rudely resembling impressions of the human hand, and believed
     to have been made by labyrinthodont reptiles. See
     Illustration in Appendix.
     [1913 Webster]