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megatherian

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meg·a·there  (mg-thîr)
n.
A large extinct ground sloth of the family Megatheriidae of the Miocene Epoch through the Pleistocene Epoch.
[From New Latin Megathrium, type genus : mega- + Greek thrion, wild beast; see treacle.]
mega·theri·an adj.
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Noun1.megatherian - a large extinct ground slothmegatherian - a large extinct ground sloth        
megatherian mammal, megatheriid
edentate - primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America
family Megatheriidae, Megatheriidae - extinct ground sloths
ground sloth, megathere - gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America
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