megalodon

See also: mégalodon and Megalodon

English

A giant Megalodon tooth with great white shark teeth

Etymology

Pseudo-loan from Ancient Greek as if formed from a compound of μεγάλος (megálos, “big”) +‎ ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”); coined by Swiss-born American scientist Louis Agassiz in 1843 as a specific epithet. By surface analysis, megalo- +‎ -odon.

Noun

megalodon (plural megalodons)

1. A species of extinct shark that lived during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs (†Otodus megalodon).
   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 139:

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

Synonyms

• megatooth

Translations

extinct shark in species of Carcharocles megalodon

• French: mégalodon (fr) m
• German: Megalodon m
• Italian: megalodonte m
• Japanese: 昔大頬白鮫 (むかしおおほおじろざめ, mukashiōhōjirozame), メガロドン (めがろどん, megarodon)
• Polish: megalodon (pl) m
• Portuguese: megalodonte m
• Russian: мегалодо́н (ru) m (megalodón)

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