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Definition of Megafauna
1. Noun. The large animals of a given region or time, considered as a group. ¹
2. Noun. A treatise on such a group of large animals. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Megafauna
1. [n -NAE or -NAS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Megafauna
Literary usage of Megafauna
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Investing in Biological Diversity: The Cairns Conference : Proceedings of by OECD Staff (1997)
"It can be argued on grounds of distributive justice alone that richer nations
ought to pay the poorer nations to preserve the habitats of the megafauna as ..."
2. Proceedings for the Eight Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference by M. Boya Edwards (2001)
"Not many "charismatic megafauna" in the group. A consequence of that is the fact
that many of the proposed species are not only unfamiliar to the general ..."
3. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society by American Philosophical Society (1771)
"... which in its largest versions may be the evidence we need for a super-specialized
weapon (a javelin) used on megafauna of the late Pleistocene. ..."
4. The Shortest and Most Convenient Route: Lewis and Clark in Context by Robert S. Cox (2004)
"Both the prairie dog and the magpie lacked the appeal of the charismatic
megafauna (such as lions, tigers, bears, etc.) that attracted audiences to public ..."
5. The Copepodologist's Cabinet: A Biographical and Bibliographical History by David M. Damkaer (2002)
"... and fighting it to a conclusion was left mostly to the paleontologists and
proponents of the charismatic megafauna (Desmond 1982). ..."
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