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Megalodontidae
Megalodontidae, an extinct family of large thick-shelled Triassic marine bivalves of the Megalodontoidea, not the shark megalodon; diversity peaked in the Norian and its dicerocardiid relatives gave rise to rudists.
Megaloi Theoi (sanctuary, Samothrace)
Megaloi Theoi (Great Gods, Μεγάλοι Θεοί), deities of the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on Samothrace; mystery cult promising protection at sea, famous for the Nike of Samothrace and Hellenistic royal patronage.
Megalonyx
Megalonyx, Jefferson's ground sloth (Megalonyx jeffersonii), is an extinct Pleistocene North American giant ground sloth named by Thomas Jefferson in 1799, the first fossil genus named from the United States.
Megalopodidae
Megalopodidae (Latreille, 1802) is a small family of phytophagous beetles in Chrysomeloidea with subfamilies Megalopodinae, Zeugophorinae, and Palophaginae; 582 species, endophytic larvae, Neotropical diversity center.
Megalopolis
Megalopolis: a chain of merged metropolitan areas forming one continuous urban region, from Greek for "great city". Coined by Jean Gottmann (1961) for the Boston-Washington BosWash corridor; related to megacity, conurbation, megaregion.
Megalopolis (film)
Megalopolis (full title Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis: A Fable) is a 2024 American sci-fi drama directed and self-financed for $120 million by Francis Ford Coppola, set in New Rome, starring Adam Driver, released by Lionsgate September 27, 2024, and a major box-office flop.
Megalopolis Lignite Mines
Megalopolis lignite mines: open-pit lignite mines of the Megalopolis Basin, Peloponnese, Greece, worked by PPC since 1969 (434 Mt reserves, four mines: Thoknia, Marathousa, Kyparissia, Choremi) and known for the Marathousa 1 Lower Palaeolithic site.
Megaloptera
Megaloptera (alderflies, dobsonflies, fishflies) is an insect order of two families, Sialidae and Corydalidae, with about 400 extant species, terrestrial adults, and aquatic predatory larvae used as water-quality indicators; sister order to Neuroptera.
Megalopyge opercularis
Megalopyge opercularis, the southern flannel moth; its puss caterpillar or asp larva is among North America's most venomous caterpillars, stinging via hollow spines and megalysin pore-forming toxins.
Megalosaurus
Megalosaurus bucklandii, the 'great lizard', is a Middle Jurassic theropod from Stonesfield, Oxfordshire, and the first dinosaur scientifically named and described, by William Buckland on 20 February 1824; roughly nine metres long, with type material at Oxford.
Megalyn Echikunwoke
Megalyn Echikunwoke (Ebubennem Megalyn Ann Echikunwoke, also Megalyn E.K.), American actress born 1983 in Spokane, Washington, raised on a Navajo reservation in Chinle, Arizona; known for 24, The 4400, CSI: Miami, Vixen, Night School, and directing Weathering (2023).
MegaMan NT Warrior
MegaMan NT Warrior (Rockman.EXE) is Capcom's Mega Man Battle Network anime-manga franchise starring Lan Hikari and MegaMan.EXE: five TV series totaling 209 episodes (2002-2006), a Ryo Takamisaki 13-volume manga, and a 2005 film.
Megamaser Cosmology Project
The Megamaser Cosmology Project is an NRAO Key Science Project that measures the Hubble constant through geometric distances to water megamasers, independent of the distance ladder and the CMB.
Megami Tensei (女神転生)
Megami Tensei, also known as Megaten, is a Japanese RPG franchise created by Atlus in 1987, known for demon conversation, demon fusion, and Law-versus-Chaos endings.
Megamind
Megamind, also known as Oobermind, is a 2010 DreamWorks Animation superhero comedy directed by Tom McGrath, voicing Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt, and Tina Fey, released in November 2010.
Megamind Rules!
Megamind Rules! (Megamind Rules) is DreamWorks' 2024 Peacock animated series following Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate: the reformed villain becomes Metro City's hero and its first superhero influencer, in one 16-episode, fully recast season.
Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate
Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate is a 2024 DreamWorks animated sequel to Megamind, directed by Eric Fogel and streamed on Peacock March 1, 2024, in which Megamind stops his former villain team from launching Metro City to the moon; it launched Megamind Rules! and was poorly reviewed.
Megamouth shark
Megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios), sole species of Megachasmidae, a rare filter-feeding lamniform shark discovered off Hawaii in 1976; third largest filter-feeding shark, feeding on krill by suction, IUCN Least Concern.
Megan (album)
Megan (stylized MEGAN) is the third studio album by American rapper Megan Thee Stallion, released June 28, 2024 on her independent label, Hot Girl Productions LLC.
Megan Ambuhl
Megan Ambuhl (Megan Ambuhl Graner), former U.S. Army Reserve specialist of the 372nd Military Police Company, served on the night shift at Abu Ghraib's Tier 1B in 2003, pleaded guilty to dereliction of duty in 2004, and married Charles Graner Jr. in 2005.
Megan Anderson (fighter)
Megan Anderson is an Australian retired mixed martial artist from the Gold Coast who won the interim Invicta FC featherweight title and later challenged Amanda Nunes for the UFC title at UFC 259.
Megan B. Benton
Megan B. Benton, also known as Megan Blair Benton, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Western District of Missouri since 2026.
Megan Barry
Megan Barry, first woman mayor of Nashville (2015-2018), former Metro Council at-large member and Vanderbilt MBA; resigned in 2018 over an affair and funds scrutiny, later ran for Congress in 2024 and pulled a petition for TN-6 in 2026.
Megan Barton-Hanson
Megan Barton-Hanson (born 1994) is a British model and reality TV personality who finished fourth on Love Island UK series 4 (2018) with Wes Nelson, later became a top OnlyFans creator, came out as bisexual on Celebs Go Dating, and hosts the podcast You Come First.
Megan Basham
Megan Basham is an American culture reporter at The Daily Wire and Morning Wire contributor, formerly of World Magazine, and the New York Times bestselling author of Shepherds for Sale (2024).
Megan Boone
Megan Boone (born 1983, Petoskey, Michigan) is an American actress, not the sociology professor of the same name, known for playing FBI profiler Elizabeth Keen on NBC's The Blacklist (2013–2021), and later in The Underground Railroad and Accused.
Megan Brennan
Megan Brennan is an American postal executive who served as the 74th Postmaster General of the United States from 2015 to 2020, the first woman to hold the office.
Megan Burns
Megan Burns, also known as Betty Curse, is a British actress and goth-pop singer born 1986 in Liverpool; she played Teresa in Liam and Hannah in 28 Days Later.
Megan Cavanagh
Megan Cavanagh (born 1960) is a Chicago-born American actress best known as Marla Hooch in A League of Their Own and the voice of Judy Neutron; distinct from actress Megan Cavanagh (V) and Christine Cavanaugh.
Megan Cleveland
Megan Cleveland is an American research biologist at NIST's Applied Genetics Group who develops reference materials for clinical diagnostics and won a 2025 PECASE award.