Usually means: Large animals, typically from past.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word megafauna:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. megafauna: Merriam-Webster
  2. megafauna: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. megafauna: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. megafauna: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Megafauna, megafauna: Wordnik
  6. megafauna: Wiktionary
  7. megafauna: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. megafauna: Dictionary.com
  9. Megafauna (disambiguation), Megafauna (mythology), Megafauna: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. megafauna: TheFreeDictionary.com

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Megafauna: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (megafauna)

▸ noun:  The large animals of a given region or time, considered as a group.
▸ noun:  A treatise on such a group of large animals.

Similar:
fauna, macrofauna, mastofauna, charismatic megafauna, megamammal, megafelid, aquafauna, megaichnofauna, beast, macromammal, more...

Opposite:
microfauna, minifauna, small animals

Phrases:
charismatic megafauna, Pleistocene megafauna, Australian megafauna, more...

Adjectives:
charismatic, extinct, australian, other, american, late, north, last, mammalian, bathyal, benthic

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Similar:
fauna, macrofauna, mastofauna, charismatic megafauna, megamammal, megafelid, aquafauna, megaichnofauna, beast, macromammal, more...

Opposite:
microfauna, minifauna, small animals

Phrases:
charismatic megafauna, Pleistocene megafauna, Australian megafauna, more...

Adjectives:
charismatic, extinct, australian, other, american, late, north, last, mammalian, bathyal, benthic



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