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megatherium(dictionary)

megatherium (iou)



megatherium noun. . E19.
[mod. Latin, as if Greek mega therion great animal: see MEGA-.]
Palaeontology.
Any of several large extinct edentate mammals (ground sloths) of the genus Megatherium and related genera of the Upper Tertiary of S. America. E19.
transf. & fig. A thing of huge or ungainly proportions. M19.
megatherial adjective resembling a megatherium, ponderous, unwieldy L19.
megatherian adjective & noun (of, pertaining to, resembling, or designating) a megatherium M19.
megatherioid adjective & noun (resembling or pertaining to) a megatherium or similar extinct edentate mammal M19.