Ăn'op-lo-thē'ri-ŭm, n.

n. [Gr. ἄοπλος, unarmed, from ἀν priv. and ὅπλον, implement, weapon, and θηρίον, in form dim. from θήρ, beast, but in use equiv. to it.] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct quadrupeds of the order Pachydermata, whose bones were first found in the gypsum quarries near Paris; characterized by the shortness and feebleness of their canine teeth, whence the name. Cuvier.