megatherian

Questions about megatherian

What does megatherian mean?

megatherian means "a large extinct ground sloth".

How many syllables are in megatherian?

megatherian has 5 syllables: me-ga-the-ri-an. The stress falls on "ri".

What is another word for megatherian?

Close synonyms include megatheriid, megatherian mammal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is megatherian a common word?

megatherian is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.