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Webster 1913 Edition


Megalonyx

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Megˊa-lon′yx

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Noun.
[NL., from Gr.
μέγας
,
μεγάλη
, great +
ὄνυξ
claw.]
(Paleon.)
An extinct quaternary mammal, of great size, allied to the sloth.

Webster 1828 Edition


Megalonyx

MEGALON'YX

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Noun.
[Gr. great, and a nail.] An animal now extinct, whose bones have been found in Virginia.