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