megalodon
Prehistoric giant shark
Megalodon was a massive prehistoric shark that lived roughly 23 to 3.6 million years ago, the largest shark species known to have existed.
Its name means "giant tooth," and fossil teeth—some over six inches long—are the primary evidence of its existence.
Modern references often invoke megalodon as shorthand for something impossibly huge or terrifyingly powerful: That wave was like a megalodon coming at us.
Uppermost point or culmination
- hunterPursuer of prey
- carnivoreCreature eating only animals
- jawsMouth's bony framework
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
prey · attack · lethal · deadly · fearsome · terrifying · formidable · menacing
No longer existing
- fossilPreserved ancient organism
- paleontologyStudy of ancient organisms
- excavationAct of unearthing
- specimenIndividual for examination
sediment · ancient · primordial · cartilaginous · serrated · vertebrae · museum · geological
Extremely large in scale
- giganticImmensely large in scale
- enormousExtremely large in scale
- tonnageShip's weight capacity
- behemothCreature of immense size
titan · leviathan · immense · gargantuan · monstrous · supersized · tremendous
Witnessed occurrences
- deep-seaOf ocean depths
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
- documentaryFactual film about reality
- hoaxDeliberate deception for effect
unconfirmed · monster · legend · myth · mockumentary · cryptozoology · living-fossil · tabloid
apex
Uppermost point or culmination
ambush · prey · attack · lethal · deadly · fearsome · terrifying · formidable · menacing · teeth
extinct
No longer existing
- fossilPreserved ancient organism
- paleontologyStudy of ancient organisms
- excavationAct of unearthing
specimen · sediment · ancient · primordial · cartilaginous · serrated · vertebrae · museum · geological
colossal
Extremely large in scale
behemoth · titan · leviathan · immense · gargantuan · monstrous · supersized · tremendous
sightings
Witnessed occurrences
- deep-seaOf ocean depths
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
- documentaryFactual film about reality
hoax · unconfirmed · monster · legend · myth · mockumentary · cryptozoology · living-fossil · tabloid · viral
coastal
Of the shoreline
- Extinct Animalsdinosaur, dinosaurs, tyrannosaurus, dodo, mammoth
- extinct creaturesdinosaurs, trilobites, ammonites, mammoths, pterosaurs
- giant sharksgreat white, whale shark, basking shark
- Megatooth Sharks
- extinctionmass extinction, dodo, extinct, extinction event, extinction rate
- apex predatorsgreat white shark, tiger, lion, orca, killer whale
megalodonplankton
Drifting marine microlife
krill · minnow · seahorse · microorganism · shrimp
megalodongreat white shark
Largest predatory fish
whale shark · tiger shark · hammerhead shark · blue whale · orca
megalodonwhale shark
Biggest fish species
basking shark · plankton · sea cucumber · filter feeder · jellyfish