MEGATHERIAN

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Meaning:

A large extinct ground sloth

Synonyms:

megatherian; megatherian mammal; megatheriid

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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)