Mega

Definitions

1. A megararity (extremely rare bird for a certain region).
   informal
2. A placename
   countable, uncountable
3. A town in Dire, Borena, Ormia, Ethiopia.
   countable, uncountable
4. Initialism of Moon-Earth gravity assist.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
5. The Steinhaus-Moser number ②
6. A village in Moriad district, Tambrauw, West Papua, Indonesia, on New Guinea.
   countable, uncountable
7. Initialism of Mars-Earth gravity assist.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
8. A surname.
   countable

Equivalents

Examples

“And, speaking of relative banalities, the recurring Semipalmated Plover at the Broom Sewage Works may have⟳ inured us slightly to the status of the species as a rare vagrant, but it was an undeniable "mega" when one was discovered on Lord Howe Island on 23 March⟳.”

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