Word Study
megathere
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun megathere has 1 sense
- megathere(n = noun.animal) ground sloth - gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America; Array is a kind of megatherian, megatherian mammal, megatheriid
is a member of genus megatherium, megatherium
CIDE DICTIONARY
megathere, n. [NL. megatherium, fr. Gr. me`gas great + qhri`on beast.].
An extinct gigantic quaternary mammal, allied to the ant-eaters and sloths. Its remains are found in South America. [1913 Webster]
For further exploring for "megathere" in Webster Dictionary Online
