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An extinct quaternary mammal, of great size, allied to the sloth.

Having a loud voice.

A chief city; a metropolis. [R.]

A larva, in a stage following the zoëa, in the development of most crabs. In this stage the legs and abdominal appendages have appeared, the abdomen is relatively long, and the eyes are large. Also used adjectively.

Greatness of soul. [Obs. & R.]

A gigantic carnivorous dinosaur, whose fossil remains have been found in England and elsewhere.

An instrument for determining longitude by observation of the stars.

In the metric system, one million meters, or one thousand kilometers.

A million ampères.

A device to magnify sound, or direct it in a given direction in a greater volume, as a very large funnel used as an ear trumpet or as a speaking trumpet.

An extinct genus of tree ferns with large, two-ranked leaves, or fronds.

Any one of several species of large-footed, gallinaceous birds of the genera Megapodius and Leipoa, inhabiting Australia and other Pacific islands. See Jungle fowl (b) under Jungle, and Leipoa.

A metropolis. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.

Belonging, or pertaining, to Megara, a city of ancient Greece. Megarian, or Megaric, school, a school of philosophy established at Megara, after the death of Socrates, by his disciples, and remarkable for its logical subtlety.

A modification of the magic lantern, used esp. for throwing a magnified image of an opaque object on a screen, solar or artificial light being used.

Enlarged or magnified; -- said of images or of photographic pictures, etc.

bital index relatively large; having the orbits narrow transversely; -- opposed to microseme.

See Bagasse.

One of a group which includes the higher orders of mammals, having a large size as a typical characteristic.

Having a typically large size; belonging to the megasthenes.