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megatherioid, a. and n.|mɛgəˈθɪərɪɔɪd|
Also -roid.
[f. next + -oid.]
a. adj. Resembling the megatherium.
b. n. A megatherium or any similar edentate animal.
1839Owen in Trans. Geol. Soc. (1842) VI. 98 The Megatherioid families of Edentata. 1839Penny Cycl. XV. 65/2 Megatheriidæ, Megatheroids of Owen. Ibid. 70/1 Mylodon. A genus of Edentate Megatherioids. 1872Nicholson Palæont. 416 The gigantic Megatheroids. |