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IMG:content-1035.png:[blocks in formation] "I am disposed to regard Otocyon, and the Thooid and Alopecoid series respectively, as genera, retaining for the two latter the old names of Canis and Vulpes." Proc. Zool. Soc., 1880, p. 286. B. As subst .: Any individual of the Thooid series of the family Canide. "There is no question that Thooids and Alopecoids simi. lar to those which exist at present inhabited Europe during the Quaternary epoch." - Proc . Zool. Soc., 1880, p. 278. thoôm, 8. [THUMB.) ( Scotch .) Thor, s. [Icel. Thorr , contr. from Thonor ; A. S. thunor thunder.) (THUNDER, THURSDAY.] Scand. Mythol.: The god of thunder, the second 4072 principal god of the ancient Scand in avians. Họ was the son of Odin or the supreme being, and Jörth = the Earth. He is represented as a powerful man in the prime of life, with a long red beard, a crown on his head, a scepter in one hand, and his hammer in the other. Thursday received its name from him, and his name also enters into many proper names, as Thorsby in Cumber land, England, Jorthorwald in Dumfrie hire, Scotland, . His wife was Sif (Love), and his palace Thrudvangr, where he received the warriors who had fallen in battle. He was the champion of the gods, and was called in to their a istance whenever were in straits. He was also the friend of mankind, and the slayer of trolls and evil spirits. His belt, called Megingjard, had the property of doubling his strength whenever he put it on. His hammer or mace was called Mjölnir. Thor's hammers, s . pl . IMG:content-1036.png:[blocks in formation] "In Scand in a via and Northern Germany perforated axes and ax-hammers are frequently known as Thor's hammers."-Evans: Ancient Stone Implements , p. 164.