Cheirotherium \Chei`ro*the"ri*um\, prop. n. [NL., fr. Gr. chei`r
hand + qhri`on beast.] (Poleon.)
A genus of extinct animals, so named from fossil footprints
rudely resembling impressions of the human hand, and believed
to have been made by labyrinthodont reptiles. See
Illustration in Appendix.
[1913 Webster]