- genus Megatherium
- nountype genus of the Megatheriidae• Syn: ↑Megatherium• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Megatheriidae, ↑family Megatheriidae• Member Meronyms: ↑ground sloth, ↑megathere
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genus Megatherium
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Megatherium — Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Early Holocene 2–0.008 Ma … Wikipedia
megatherium — [meg΄əthir΄meg΄ə thir′ē əm] n. 〚ModL < Gr megas (see MEGA ) + thērion, beast < thēr, wild animal: see FIERCE〛 any of an extinct genus (Megatherium) of very large, plant eating, ground dwelling sloths: also … Universalium
megatherium — [meg΄əthir΄meg΄ə thir′ē əm] n. [ModL < Gr megas (see MEGA ) + thērion, beast < thēr, wild animal: see FIERCE] any of an extinct genus (Megatherium) of very large, plant eating, ground dwelling sloths: also megathere [meg΄əthir΄] … English World dictionary
Megatherium — noun type genus of the Megatheriidae • Syn: ↑genus Megatherium • Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Megatheriidae, ↑family Megatheriidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
MEGATHERIUM — an extinct genus of mammalia allied to the sloth, some 18 or 20 ft. in length and 8 ft. in height, with an elephantine skeleton … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
mammal genus — noun a genus of mammals • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Tachyglossus, ↑genus Tachyglossus, ↑Zaglossus, ↑genus Zaglossus, ↑Ornithorhynchus, ↑genus Ornithorhynchus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Megatheriidae — Temporal range: 35–0 Ma … Wikipedia
Promegatherium — Temporal range: Middle Miocene–Late Miocene … Wikipedia
ground sloth — noun gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America • Syn: ↑megathere • Hypernyms: ↑megatherian, ↑megatheriid, ↑megatherian mammal • Member Holonyms: ↑Megatherium, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
List of prehistoric mammals — This is a list of articles dealing with animals that lived and went extinct during prehistoric times. It does not include species that existed then that still continue to exist into recorded history.ubclass PrototheriaInfraclass Yinotheria*Family … Wikipedia
