Carcharodon megalodon
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Translingual
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Megalodon_NT.jpg/220px-Megalodon_NT.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Carcharodon + Ancient Greek μεγάλος (megálos, “great, large”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”)
Proper noun
[edit]- A taxonomic species within the family Lamnidae – a prehistoric shark, related to the great white shark, known only from fossils.