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Word: Megathere
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century; earliest use found in Richard Owen (1804–1892), comparative anatomist and palaeontologist. From scientific Latin Megatherium megatherium, with omission of the ending
Definition:
An extinct giant ground sloth; a megatherium.
