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MEGATHERE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does megathere mean? 

MEGATHERE (noun)
  The noun MEGATHERE has 1 sense:

1. gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in Americaplay

  Familiarity information: MEGATHERE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MEGATHERE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

ground sloth; megathere

Hypernyms ("megathere" is a kind of...):

megatherian; megatherian mammal; megatheriid (a large extinct ground sloth)

Holonyms ("megathere" is a member of...):

genus Megatherium; Megatherium (type genus of the Megatheriidae)


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