megathere

[ meg-uh-theer ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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

/ ˈmɛɡəˌθɪə /

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

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

C19: from New Latin megathērium, from mega- + -there, from Greek thērion wild beast

See the vast Mylodon, the Scelidothere, and the still more colossal Megathere.

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

April 18, 2024petrichor

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