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MEGATHERIUM

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Megatheriidae

Synonyms:

genus Megatherium; Megatherium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Megatherium"):

ground sloth; megathere (gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America)

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

family Megatheriidae; Megatheriidae (extinct ground sloths)

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