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megadiverse

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌmɛɡədaɪˈvɜːs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˌmɛɡədaɪˈvɝs/
  • rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)s

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adj

Meaning 1

Exhibiting great diversity, especially great biodiversity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From mega- (prefix meaning ‘very large, great’) + diverse, possibly modelled after biodiverse.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: megadiversos — exhibiting great diversity, especially great biodiversity
  • Esperanto: megadiversaj — exhibiting great diversity, especially great biodiversity
  • French: mégadivers — exhibiting great diversity, especially great biodiversity
  • Galician: megadiversos — exhibiting great diversity, especially great biodiversity
  • Indonesian: megadiversitas — exhibiting great diversity, especially great biodiversity
  • Italian: megadiversi — exhibiting great diversity, especially great biodiversity
  • Korean: 거대생물다양성 (geodaesaengmuldayangseong) — exhibiting great diversity, especially great biodiversity
  • Limburgish: megadivers — exhibiting great diversity, especially great biodiversity
  • Portuguese: megadiversos — exhibiting great diversity, especially great biodiversity
  • Spanish: megadiversos — exhibiting great diversity, especially great biodiversity