Pronunciations
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/mɛɡ/
Proper noun
A diminutive of the female given names Margaret and Megan.
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Old Meg was brave as Margaret Queen, And tall as Amazon: An old red blanket cloak she wore, A chip-hat had she on.
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My mother thought Meg a sweet child, that's what she called her, a sweet child, although she was critical of her name. 'What kind of name is that,' she said. 'It's short for Margaret,' I said. 'But everyone calls her Meg.' 'Well, that's no name for a girl, that's a scullery maid's name. I fault the mother.'
Noun
Megalodon.
Usage- Colloquial
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The Bone Valley Region of Florida has multiple Miocene nursery sites in which neonate and young Meg teeth are abundant, as well as food sources. Young Megs probably consumed a lot of large fish but because fish vertebrae don't hold up well in the fossil record, it's difficult to get an accurate reading.