Carcharodon megalodon

Translingual

Etymology

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

Proper noun

†Carcharodon megalodon m

  1. (obsolete) A taxonomic species within the family Lamnidae – a prehistoric shark, previously thought to be related to the great white shark, now reclassified as †Otodus megalodon.

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