Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MEG-ATHE'RI-UM, or ME-GATH'E-RY
MEG-ATHE'RI-UM, or ME-GATH'E-RY, n. [Gr. μεγας, great, and θηρα, a wild beast.]
A quadruped now extinct, but whose remains, have been found in South America. It was larger than the megalonyx. Cyc.
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