English Dictionary

megafauna

名詞

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

日本語の意味

ある地域または時代における巨大または大型の動物群 / それら大型動物群に関する論文や研究書

Paleontologists study how climate change affected the megafauna that once roamed the continent.

古生物学者は、かつて大陸を徘徊していた大型動物が気候変動の影響をどのように受けたかを研究している。

意味（1）

The large animals of a given region or time, considered as a group.

The extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna had ended there long before it had in Europe, and so a broad spectrum of food collecting had been going on for some time.

意味（2）

A treatise on such a group of large animals.

megafaunas （ plural ）

megafauna （ plural ）