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noun
The large animals of a given region or time, considered as a group.
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noun
A treatise on such a group of large animals.
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh2s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English fauna English megafauna From mega- + fauna.
Across languages
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