genus mylodon

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Mylodontidae; sometimes included in family Megatheriidae (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mammal genus,
definition	:	a genus of mammals (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	mylodon,
definition	:	large (bear-sized) extinct edentate mammal of the Pleistocene in South America (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family mylodontidae, mylodontidae,
definition	:	extinct South American edentates (noun.animal)