An'thra-co-thē'ri-ūm, n.

[Gr. ἄνθραξ, gen. -ακος, coal, and θηρίον equiv. to θηρ, beast.] (Palæon.) A genus of extinct pachydermatous quadrupeds, the remains of which were first found at Cadibona, in Italy, in tertiary lignite or brown coal, whence the name.