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megathere
[ meg-uh-theer ]
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
/ ˈɛɡəˌθɪə /
noun
- 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
- ˌˈٳ, adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of megathere1
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of megathere1
C19: from New Latin ٳŧܳ, from mega- + -there, from Greek ٳŧDz 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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