Megalodon

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Noun
  1. 1
    A species of extinct shark that lived during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs (†Otodus megalodon).

    "Throughout the period, toothy giants persisted in the oceans. Perhaps the most spectacular was the megalodon shark."

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megatoothmegatooth

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"The megalodon is a prehistoric shark, which once ruled the oceans."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from taxonomic name megalodon, from Ancient Greek μεγάλος (megálos, “big”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”). By surface analysis, megalo- + -odon.

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