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单词 megathere
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
meg•a•there  (megə thēr′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Paleontologyany of the huge, slothlike animals of the extinct genus Megatherium, or closely related genera, that lived from the Oligocene to the Pleistocene epochs.
  • Neo-Latin Megatherium; see mega-, -there
  • 1830–40

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
megathere /ˈmɛɡəˌθɪə/ n
  1. any of various gigantic extinct American sloths of the genus Megatherium and related genera, common in late Cenozoic times
Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin megathērium, from mega- + -there, from Greek thērion wild beast
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