# megafauna

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #86,506

## Definitions
1. The large animals of a given region or time, considered as a group.
2. A treatise on such a group of large animals.

## Etymology
From mega- + fauna.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/megafauna