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MASTODON

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• MASTODON (noun)
The noun MASTODON has 1 sense:

1. extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth

Familiarity information: MASTODON used as a noun is very rare.

• MASTODON (noun)

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Meaning:

Extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

mastodon; mastodont

Hypernyms ("mastodon" is a kind of...):

proboscidean; proboscidian (massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mastodon"):

American mastodon; American mastodont; Mammut americanum (mastodon of North America; in some classifications considered a mammoth rather than a mastodon)

Holonyms ("mastodon" is a member of...):

genus Mammut; genus Mastodon; Mammut (extinct type genus of the Mammutidae: mastodons)

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proboscidean definition
Definition of proboscidian
American mastodont definition
Definition of genus Mammut
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