MEGATHERE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America

Synonyms:

ground sloth; megathere

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("megathere" is a kind of...):

megatherian; megatherian mammal; megatheriid (a large extinct ground sloth)

Holonyms ("megathere" is a member of...):

genus Megatherium; Megatherium (type genus of the Megatheriidae)

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