megathere

megathere

(ˈmɛɡəˌθɪə) n (Palaeontology) any of various gigantic extinct American sloths of the genus Megatherium and related genera, common in late Cenozoic times[C19: from New Latin megathērium, from mega- + -there, from Greek thērion wild beast] ˌmegaˈtherian adj

meg•a•there

(ˈmɛg əˌθɪər)

n. any of the huge slothlike animals of the extinct genus Megatherium or closely related genera that lived from the Oligocene to the Pleistocene epochs. [1830–40; < New Latin]

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Noun	1.megathere - gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in Americaground slothmegatherian, megatherian mammal, megatheriid - a large extinct ground slothgenus Megatherium, Megatherium - type genus of the Megatheriidae