MEGATHERIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does megatherian mean? 

• MEGATHERIAN (noun)
  The noun MEGATHERIAN has 1 sense:

1. a large extinct ground sloth

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEGATHERIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large extinct ground sloth

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

megatherian; megatherian mammal; megatheriid

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

edentate (primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "megatherian"):

ground sloth; megathere (gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America)

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

family Megatheriidae; Megatheriidae (extinct ground sloths)