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megathere
meg·a·there [ méggə thr ] (plural meg·a·theres)


noun 
Definition:
 
extinct ground sloth: a large extinct American ground sloth that lived in the Miocene and Pleistocene epochs. Family Megatheriidae.
[Mid-19th century. Anglicization of modern Latin Megatherium< Greek mega- "large" + thērion "animal"]

meg·a·the·ri·an [ mèggə three ən ] adjective
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