Megaloceros

noun

Meg·​a·​loc·​e·​ros

: a genus of Pleistocene European cervid mammals including the gigantic Irish elk

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek megalokerōs having large horns, from megal- + -kerōs (from keras horn)

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