megafauna
megafauna noun: the large animals of a given region or time, considered as a group.
Noun
megafauna (plural megafaunas or megafauna)
- The large animals of a given region or time, considered as a group.
- The extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna had ended there long before it had in Europe, and so a "broad spectrum" of food collecting had been going on for some time.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 131
- A treatise on such a group of large animals.
megafauna meaning in Tamil
megafauna in Tamil
- பேருயிரி
Forms of megafauna
| plural | megafaunas |
|---|---|
| plural | megafauna |
Origin of megafauna
From mega- + fauna.
Words formed from megafauna
Questions about megafauna
- What does megafauna mean?
- Megafauna means the large animals of a given region or time, considered as a group.
- What is megafauna in Tamil?
- Megafauna in Tamil is பேருயிரி. See Megafauna meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is megafauna?
- Megafauna is a noun.
- What is the plural of megafauna?
- The plural of megafauna is megafaunas.
Words near megafauna in the dictionary
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