"megafauna" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: megafaunas [plural], megafauna [plural]
Etymology: From mega- + fauna. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mega|fauna}} mega- + fauna Head templates: {{en-noun|s|megafauna}} megafauna (plural megafaunas or megafauna)
  1. The large animals of a given region or time, considered as a group.
    Sense id: en-megafauna-en-noun-5VoXbyyS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mega-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mega-: 84 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 81 19
  2. A treatise on such a group of large animals.
    Sense id: en-megafauna-en-noun-Q7BQ~-0z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: megafaunal, charismatic megafauna Translations (large animals): megafauna (Finnish), suureläimistö (Finnish), mégafaune [feminine, singular] (French), megafauna [feminine] (Galician), მეგაფაუნა (megapauna) (Georgian), μεγαπανίδα (megapanída) [feminine] (Greek), megafauna [feminine] (Portuguese), megafaună [feminine] (Romanian), megafauna [feminine] (Spanish), megafauna [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'large animals': 51 49

Noun [Spanish]

Forms: megafaunas [plural]
Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} megafauna f (plural megafaunas)
  1. (zoology) megafauna Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-megafauna-es-noun-5hd9ynq2 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

Inflected forms

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