sivathere

English

Etymology

Clipping of translingual Sivatherium.

Noun

sivathere (plural sivatheres)

1. (paleontology) An extinct giraffid of the genus Sivatherium.
   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 103:

     The sivatheres became extinct about two million years ago, but other giraffes, including the ancestors of the living giraffe species and the okapi, thrived.

   • 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 28:

     Shins coated in mud, the sivathere strides out onto more solid ground, towards the shade to browse.

Synonyms

• sivatherine