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megathere

[ meg-uh-theer ]

noun

  1. any of the huge, slothlike animals of the extinct genus Megatherium, or closely related genera, that lived from the Oligocene to the Pleistocene epochs.


megathere

/ ˈmɛɡəˌθɪə /

noun

  1. any of various gigantic extinct American sloths of the genus Megatherium and related genera, common in late Cenozoic times
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌmegaˈtherian, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of megathere1

1830–40; < New Latin Megatherium; mega-, -there
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Word History and Origins

Origin of megathere1

C19: from New Latin megathērium, from mega- + -there, from Greek thērion wild beast
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Example Sentences

And now conceive the massive frame of the megathere convulsed with the mighty wrestling, every vibrating fibre reacting upon its bony attachments with the force of a hundred giants.

All I know is that an elephant was an animal about the size of one of your Gram megatheres.

See the vast mylodon, the scelidothere, and the still more colossal megathere!

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