megatheren.

Brit.

/ˈmɛɡəθɪə/, U.S.

/ˈmɛɡəˌθɪ(ə)r/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Megatherium.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Megatherium megatherium n., with omission of the ending. Compare earlier megatherium n.

Palaeontology. Now rare.

An extinct giant ground sloth; a megatherium.

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megatherium1797

megatherioid1839

scelidothere1840

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1842 R. Owen in Trans. Geol. Soc. 6 93 The external cuneiform bone of the Megathere differs [etc.].

1887 H. H. Howorth Mammoth & Flood 346 Great mylodons and thickly-hided megatheres.

1939 Science 1 Sept. 210/1 Most of the material belongs to still unidentified and probably new species of megatheres and toxodonts.

1980 Notulae Naturae (Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia) No. 455. 4 The full skeleton of South American megatheres had been long and well known in Europe.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	megathere
释义	megatheren. Brit. /ˈmɛɡəθɪə/, U.S. /ˈmɛɡəˌθɪ(ə)r/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Megatherium. Etymology: < scientific Latin Megatherium megatherium n., with omission of the ending. Compare earlier megatherium n. Palaeontology. Now rare. An extinct giant ground sloth; a megatherium. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Edentata > [noun] > family Bradypodidae (sloth) > extinct sloths > family Megatheriidae megatherium1797 megatherioid1839 scelidothere1840 Scelidotherium1840 megathere1842 megatherian1842 1842 R. Owen in Trans. Geol. Soc. 6 93 The external cuneiform bone of the Megathere differs [etc.]. 1887 H. H. Howorth Mammoth & Flood 346 Great mylodons and thickly-hided megatheres. 1939 Science 1 Sept. 210/1 Most of the material belongs to still unidentified and probably new species of megatheres and toxodonts. 1980 Notulae Naturae (Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia) No. 455. 4 The full skeleton of South American megatheres had been long and well known in Europe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1842
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