HyperDic: megathere

English > 1 sense of the word megathere:
NOUNanimalmegathere, ground slothgigantic extinct terrestrial / terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America
English > megathere: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninggigantic extinct terrestrial / terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America.
Synonymground sloth
Member ofMegatherium, genus Megatheriumtype genus of the Megatheriidae
Broadermegatherian, megatheriid, megatherian mammalA large extinct ground sloth

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