megathere

[meg-uh-theer]

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noun

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

/ ˈ��ɛɡəˌθɪə /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

ˌ��𲵲�ˈ�ٳ�� adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of megathere¹

1830–40; < New Latin Megatherium; mega-, -there

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Word History and Origins

Origin of megathere¹

C19: from New Latin ��𲵲��ٳ�ŧ��ܳ�, from _mega- + -there, from Greek �ٳ�ŧ��ǲ� 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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megastructure megatherium

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