Megatherium Definition

mĕgə-thîrē-əm
megatherium
noun
Any of an extinct genus (Megatherium) of very large, plant-eating, ground-dwelling sloths.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • genus Megatherium
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Megatheriidae — the megathere, a giant ground sloth.

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Origin of Megatherium

  • New Latin Megathērium genus name mega– Greek thērion wild beast treacle

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Ancient Greek μέγας (megas, “great”) + θηρίον (thērion, “beast”)

    From Wiktionary

Megatherium Sentence Examples

  • The feet resemble those of Megatherium.

  • The Megatheriidae, which include a number of genera, are collectively Megatherium, from the specimen in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

  • Unlike sloths, the megatherium has seven cervical vertebrae; and the spines of all the trunk-vertebrae incline backwards.

  • Although similar teeth occur in the phosphorite beds of South Carolina, which may have been transported from elsewhere, no undoubted remains of Megatherium are known from North America.

  • From Megatherium these animals, which rivalled the Indian rhinoceros in bulk, differ in the shape of their cheek-teeth; these (five above and four below) being much smaller, with an ovate section, and a cupped instead of a ridged crown-surface, thus resembling those of the true sloths.

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