Macrauchenia

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “large”) + Auchenia (genus Lama).

Proper noun

Macrauchenia

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Macraucheniidae – extinct large ungulates native to South America from the late Pliocene to the end of the Pleistocene.
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