# megalodon

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #82,537

## Definitions
1. A species of extinct shark that lived during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs (†Otodus megalodon).

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from taxonomic name megalodon, from Ancient Greek μεγάλος (megálos, “big”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”). By surface analysis, megalo- + -odon.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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