MEGATHERIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Megatherium mean? 

• MEGATHERIUM (noun)
  The noun MEGATHERIUM has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Megatheriidae

  Familiarity information: MEGATHERIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEGATHERIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Megatheriidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Megatherium; Megatherium

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)