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GENUS MEGATHERIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Megatherium mean?
• GENUS MEGATHERIUM (noun)
The noun GENUS MEGATHERIUM has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Megatheriidae
Familiarity information: GENUS MEGATHERIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Megatheriidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Megatherium; Megatherium
Hypernyms ("genus Megatherium" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Megatherium"):
ground sloth; megathere (gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America)
Holonyms ("genus Megatherium" is a member of...):
family Megatheriidae; Megatheriidae (extinct ground sloths)
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