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Definition of Megatherium
1. Noun. Type genus of the Megatheriidae.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Megatheriidae, Megatheriidae
Member holonyms: Ground Sloth, Megathere
Medical Definition of Megatherium
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Megatherium
Literary usage of Megatherium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1851)
"Comparison of the Modifications of the Osseous Structure of the megatherium with
that in other known existing and extinct species of the Class Mammalia: ..."
2. Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum, (Natural History) by Richard Lydekker (1887)
"The restored skeleton is figured in pis. i. and xxvii. of Owen's ' Memoir on the
megatherium' Purchased. 19953. ..."
3. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1851)
"Comparison of the Modification» of the Osseous Structur the megatherium ...
Having completed the description of the skeleton of the megatherium, ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1834)
"On some symmetrical Relations of the Bones of the megatherium. By WALTER ADAM,
MD The author, having examined the bones of the megatherium which are ..."
5. The Chain of Life in Geological Time: A Sketch of the Origin and Succession by James William; Dawson (1888)
"Lower Jaw of megatherium- Greatly reduced. Post-Pliocene of South America.—After
Owen. unless, indeed, there were trees equally colossal for them to climb. ..."
6. The Principal forms of the skeleton and of the teeth by Richard Owen (1854)
"The megatherium (Gr. megas, great ; therion, beast), so called from its ...
Nevertheless, from the fossil remains of the megatherium the anatomist is able ..."
7. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"The genus megatherium (Ouv.) is tho first described of the family, ... These details
suffice to show that the megatherium was a very large and powerful ..."
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