"megafauna" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 131",
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        "A treatise on such a group of large animals."
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "large animals",
      "word": "megafauna"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "large animals",
      "word": "suureläimistö"
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      "sense": "large animals",
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      "word": "mégafaune"
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      "sense": "large animals",
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      "word": "megafauna"
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      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "megapauna",
      "sense": "large animals",
      "word": "მეგაფაუნა"
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      "word": "μεγαπανίδα"
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      "word": "megafauna"
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      "word": "megafaună"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "large animals",
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      "word": "megafauna"
    },
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      "sense": "large animals",
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      "word": "megafauna"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "large animals",
      "word": "megafauna"
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      "word": "mégafaune"
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      "sense": "large animals",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "megafauna"
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      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "megapauna",
      "sense": "large animals",
      "word": "მეგაფაუნა"
    },
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      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "megapanída",
      "sense": "large animals",
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      "word": "μεγαπανίδα"
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      "word": "megafauna"
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      "word": "megafaună"
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      "word": "megafauna"
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