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MEGATHERE

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

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

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

• MEGATHERE (noun)

Sense 1

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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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