megafauna
[ meg-uh-faw-nuh ]
/ ˈmɛg əˌfɔ nə /
noun Ecology.
land animals of a given area that can be seen with the unaided eye.
Words nearby megafauna
megadontism,
megadose,
megaelectron volt,
megaera,
megaesophagus,
megafauna,
megaflop,
megaflops,
megagamete,
megagametophyte,
megahertz
Example sentences from the Web for megafauna
Within a few thousand years of human arrival on Australia, all the continent's megafauna were hunted to extinction.
Here on Earth, The Forgotten Founding Father, and Other Reviews |The Daily Beast |April 30, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for megafauna
megafauna
/ (ˈmɛɡəˌfɔːnə) /
noun
the component of the fauna of a region or period that comprises the larger terrestrial animals
Scientific definitions for megafauna
megafauna
[ mĕg′ə-fô′nə ]
Large or relatively large animals of a particular place or time period. Saber-toothed tigers and mastodons belong to the extinct megafauna of the Oligocene and Pleistocene Epochs.