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    MEGATHERIAN

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A large extinct ground slothplay

    Synonyms:

    megatherian; megatherian mammal; megatheriid

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    edentate (primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "megatherian"):

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

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

    family Megatheriidae; Megatheriidae (extinct ground sloths)

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