terrible beast
deinotheriidae latin

Great men they can be, but there is inside them a terrible beast.

Who would be brave enough to face the terrible beast?

She had been saved, but only to fall victim immediately to another and more terrible beast.

She was sitting on the head of that terrible beast she had seen!

The huldrefolk said it was a terrible beast from beyond the stars.

But these terrible beasts won't do anything to me if I am with gringos.

They lived, like some terrible beast, only to destroy.

I hear that jungle out there is filled with terrible beasts."

The Whangdoodle is described as a terrible beast or a kind, wise animal.

How we were beset by strange and terrible beasts.

"Bless my insurance policy, but it's a terrible beast!"

Worried how much control even Lorraine had over that terrible beast as it almost dragged her up to our deck.

Do you suppose it is something that has caught our scent, some other terrible beast of prey?"

But I'm here to tell you there is a far more terrible beast lurking in the matrimonial jungle.

Fletcher tells them of a terrible Beast which has been wreaking havoc.

An endless maze of caves guarded by a terrible beast."

Rak - A terrible beast with a horrible appetite and a bad disposition.

And when the air cleared, they saw it had not been a terrible beast at all but an illusion conjured from the rocks.

"A terrible beast of incredible speed and strength."

Three terrible beasts approached from a sudden mist, but the king's sword shone like fire.

"A terrible beast with a horrible appetite," answered the soldier, growing a little paler than usual.

But outside-some terrible beast has entered the garden.

The Deinotherium or 'terrible beast' was a large prehistoric mammal similar to modern day elephants.

Braan was thankful for this mystery, for he respected the terrible beasts.

Into his castle he dashed; but always behind him, roaring and growling, he heard the terrible beasts.

Deinotherium is the type genus of the family Deinotheriidae, which evolved from the smaller, early Miocene Prodeinotherium.

These were followed by the earliest Deinotheriidae, or "hoe tuskers", which thrived during the Miocene and into the early Quaternary.

Chilgatherium ("Chilga Beast" after the locality in which it was found) is the earliest and most primitive representative of the family Deinotheriidae.

Harris, J.M. (1975) Evolution of feeding mechanisms in the family Deinotheriidae (Mammalia: Proboscidea).

Prodeinotherium (pro - "before" "terrible beast") is an early representative of the family Deinotheriidae, that lived in Africa, Europe, and Asia in the early and middle Miocene.