megathere

megathere

(ˈmɛɡəˌθɪə)

n

(Palaeontology) any of various gigantic extinct American sloths of the genus Megatherium and related genera, common in late Cenozoic times

[C19: from New Latin megathērium, from mega- + -there, from Greek thērion wild beast]

ˌmegaˈtherian adj

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meg•a•there

(ˈmɛg əˌθɪər)

n.

any of the huge slothlike animals of the extinct genus Megatherium or closely related genera that lived from the Oligocene to the Pleistocene epochs.

[1830–40; < New Latin]

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megathere - gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America ground sloth megatherian, megatherian mammal, megatheriid - a large extinct ground sloth genus Megatherium, Megatherium - type genus of the Megatheriidae

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