a. Gr. τῑτᾱνο-, combining form of Τῑτάν, TITAN1, in Titanolater, an admirer of titanic attributes; so Titanolatry [-LATRY]; Titanomachy [-MACHY], the warfare of the Titans; Titanosaur, ǁ Titanosaurus [Gr. σαῦρος lizard], a gigantic fossil dinosaur from the chalk; ǁ Titano-, titanotherium [mod. L., f. Gr. θηρίον beast], also anglicized titanothere [cf. F. titanothère], an extinct genus of ungulates from the Tertiary formation, resembling gigantic rhinoceroses; hence Titanotherian a., of or pertaining to the genus Titanotherium; Titanotherioid a., resembling or allied to this genus; also as sb.
1846. Hare, Mission Comf., 601. Considered as a higher pitch of heroism by the *Titanolaters.
1867. Hare’s Guesses, Mem., 37. A protest against what he called the *Titanolatry paraded in them.
1887. Gladstone, in Contemp. Rev., June, 760. The great myth of the *Titanomachy.
1892. Pall Mall G., 22 March, 7/1. In Colorado have been found great deposits of the bones of *titanosaurs, the biggest land animals that ever existed. They grew to be 65 ft. long and stood 40 ft. high when erect upon their hind legs.
1881. Lubbock, in Nature, 1 Sept., 406/2. Marsh has made known to us the *Titanosaurus, of the American (Colorado) Jurassic beds.
1862. Dana, Man. Geol., 515. The *Titanothere … having some relations to the modern Tapir. Ibid., 532. White River or *Titanotherian beds.
1890. Nature, 13 Feb., 347/1. These *Titanotherioids appear to have been most nearly allied to the Rhinoceroses among existing forms.
1865. Page, Handbk. Geol. Terms, *Titanotherinm,… a large herbivorous mammal occurring in the Lower Miocene beds of the Missouri district.
