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giant beaver

giant beaver noun: either of two genera of extinct castorid rodents, Castoroides of North America or Trogontherium of Eurasia.

Noun

giant beaver (plural giant beavers)

  1. Either of two genera of extinct castorid rodents, Castoroides of North America or Trogontherium of Eurasia.
    • Early ice-age Europe was also home to giant beavers of the genus Trogontherium.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 152

Forms of giant beaver

pluralgiant beavers

Questions about giant beaver

What does giant beaver mean?
Giant beaver means either of two genera of extinct castorid rodents, Castoroides of North America or Trogontherium of Eurasia.
What part of speech is giant beaver?
Giant beaver is a noun.
What is the plural of giant beaver?
The plural of giant beaver is giant beavers.

Words near giant beaver in the dictionary

  1. giant banjo frog
  2. giant banjo frogs
  3. giant barb
  4. giant barnacle
  5. giant barnacles
  6. giant beaver
  7. giant beavers
  8. giant burrowing cockroach
  9. giant burrowing cockroaches
  10. giant butterbur
  11. giant butterburs

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