Carcharodon megalodon

Translingual
Carcharodon megalodon (artist's impression)

Wikispecies

Etymology

Carcharodon + Ancient Greek μεγάλος (megálos, “great, large”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”)

Proper noun

Carcharodon megalodon m

  1. A taxonomic species within the family Lamnidae – a prehistoric shark, related to the great white shark, known only from fossils.
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