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megathere

[ meg-uh-theer ]

noun

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


megathere

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noun

  1. any of various gigantic extinct American sloths of the genus Megatherium and related genera, common in late Cenozoic times
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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ³¾±ð²µ²¹Ëˆ³Ù³ó±ð°ù¾±²¹²Ô, adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of megathere1

1830–40; < New Latin Megatherium; mega-, -there
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of megathere1

C19: from New Latin ³¾±ð²µ²¹³Ù³óŧ°ù¾±³Ü³¾, from mega- + -there, from Greek ³Ù³óŧ°ù¾±´Ç²Ô wild beast
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And now conceive the massive frame of the megathere convulsed with the mighty wrestling, every vibrating fibre reacting upon its bony attachments with the force of a hundred giants.

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All I know is that an elephant was an animal about the size of one of your Gram megatheres.

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See the vast mylodon, the scelidothere, and the still more colossal megathere!

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