megatheriid

Questions about megatheriid

What does megatheriid mean?

megatheriid means "a large extinct ground sloth".

How many syllables are in megatheriid?

megatheriid has 5 syllables: me-ga-the-ri-id. The stress falls on "the".

What is another word for megatheriid?

Close synonyms include megatherian, 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 megatheriid a common word?

megatheriid 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.