Palæont. [a. Fr. anoplothère, f. Gr. ἄνοπλ-ος unarmed (f. ἀν priv. + ὅπλον weapon) + θηρίον beast. Often in mod.L. form anoplotherium.] An extinct pachydermatous quadruped, found fossil in the Middle Eocene beds of Hampshire and the Paris basin; so named by Cuvier from its apparent want of organs of defence.
1815. W. Phillips, Outl. Min. & Geol. (1818), 89. Cuvier discovered the bones of 5 varieties of another extinct animal, which he calls the anoplotherium (… it had no canine teeth), varying in size from the horse to the ass.
1879. Le Conte, Elem. Geol., 496. The Anoplothere was a slender and graceful animal without snout, and possessing only two toes.
