Carcharodon megalodon
Translingual
Carcharodon megalodon (artist's impression)
Wikispecies
Etymology
Carcharodon + Ancient Greek μεγάλος (megálos, “great, large”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”)
Proper noun
Carcharodon megalodon m
- A taxonomic species within the family Lamnidae – a prehistoric shark, related to the great white shark, known only from fossils.