mastodonn.

Brit.

/ˈmastədɒn/,

/ˈmastəd(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈmæstəˌdɑn/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Mastodon.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Mastodon, former genus name (formally published as a genus name by C. S. Rafinesque 1814, in Specchio scienze 2 182), after French mastodonte mastodont n. (compare -odon comb. form).Scientific Latin Mastodon is often attributed to Cuvier (compare quot. 1811 at sense 1), although he seems in fact only to have coined French mastodonte mastodont n.

1. Palaeontology. Any of a number of large extinct mammals of the order Proboscidea, related to and resembling elephants but having simpler teeth and (sometimes) lower tusks, occurring from the Oligocene epoch until late prehistoric times; spec. one of the family Mammutidae (formerly Mastodontidae). Cf. mammoth n. 1. Mammut (Blumenbach, 1799) is now regarded as the correct name for the genus formerly called Mastodon; cf. the genus Mammuthus, which comprises the mammoths.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Proboscidea (elephants) > [noun] > extinct types > mastodon

pseudelephant1769

mastodont1809

mastodon1811

mammoth1815

mastodonton1815

1811 J. Parkinson in Trans. Geol. Soc. 1 336 The tooth of some species of the mammoth, or mastodon of Cuvier.

1815 R. Bakewell Introd. Geol. (ed. 2) xv. 430 The bones of the mastodon and mammoth are found only in the upper strata.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Epic in Poems (new ed.) II. 3 Nature brings not back the Mastodon.

1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 425/2 All known Mastodons are gigantic animals.

1916 J. Galsworthy Sheaf i. 21 From a man's hat, or a horse's tail, we can reconstruct the age we live in, like that scientist who reconstructed a mastodon from its funny-bone.

1933 A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleontol. xix. 372 From elephants the mastodons may be generally distinguished by the fact that the teeth were low crowned with few ridges, and many or all of the cheek teeth were usually in place simultaneously. Almost always there was a lower, as well as an upper, pair of tusks.

1999 R. Singer Encycl. Paleontol. II. 987/1 Zygolophodon..became extinct around 12 million years ago. However, by that time it had given rise to the new genus Mammut, which is sometimes informally called the American mastodon.

2. figurative. A person or thing characterized as huge, blundering, or unwieldy; something regarded as cumbersome and outmoded in any respect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > hugeness > that which is

Typhon?1592

coloss1597

Titan1611

colossus1646

Patagonian1767

mammoth1824

enormity1825

mastodon1850

prodigiosity1895

tyrannosaurus1957

1850 R. W. Emerson Swedenborg in Representative Men iii. 105 One of the missouriums and mastodons of literature, he is not to be measured by whole colleges of ordinary scholars.

1893 N.Y. New-Church Messenger 19 Apr. 244 Mastodon-affections..swarming through the tropics of his soul.

1904 G. Ade Breaking into Society 135 At any rate, the cute and dainty little Jessaline..was all hooked up with the human Mastodon.

1965 Listener 2 Sept. 337/2 It is high time we..began to inquire more coolly how we can expect this mastodon in our midst to behave.

1991 Economist 13 July 51/3 Most of the army's wounded mastodons probably accept a view Serbian leaders have long held.

Derivatives

ˈmastodon-like adj.

ΚΠ

1910 H. F. Osborn Age of Mammals 561 Order Pyrotheria. Pyrotheres, Mastodon-like South American Ungulates.

1954 S. J. Perelman Jet-propelled Turban in New Yorker 28 Aug. 22/1 With mastodonlike subtlety, he maneuvered around to the gimmick.

1985 E. H. Colbert Wandering Lands & Animals (new ed.) viii. 212 A few small groups of mammals, the extinct taeniodonts and tillodonts, the extinct tusked, mastodonlike desmostylids [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mastodon
释义	mastodonn. Brit. /ˈmastədɒn/, /ˈmastəd(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈmæstəˌdɑn/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Mastodon. Etymology: < scientific Latin Mastodon, former genus name (formally published as a genus name by C. S. Rafinesque 1814, in Specchio scienze 2 182), after French mastodonte mastodont n. (compare -odon comb. form).Scientific Latin Mastodon is often attributed to Cuvier (compare quot. 1811 at sense 1), although he seems in fact only to have coined French mastodonte mastodont n. 1. Palaeontology. Any of a number of large extinct mammals of the order Proboscidea, related to and resembling elephants but having simpler teeth and (sometimes) lower tusks, occurring from the Oligocene epoch until late prehistoric times; spec. one of the family Mammutidae (formerly Mastodontidae). Cf. mammoth n. 1. Mammut (Blumenbach, 1799) is now regarded as the correct name for the genus formerly called Mastodon; cf. the genus Mammuthus, which comprises the mammoths. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Proboscidea (elephants) > [noun] > extinct types > mastodon pseudelephant1769 mastodont1809 mastodon1811 mammoth1815 mastodonton1815 1811 J. Parkinson in Trans. Geol. Soc. 1 336 The tooth of some species of the mammoth, or mastodon of Cuvier. 1815 R. Bakewell Introd. Geol. (ed. 2) xv. 430 The bones of the mastodon and mammoth are found only in the upper strata. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Epic in Poems (new ed.) II. 3 Nature brings not back the Mastodon. 1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 425/2 All known Mastodons are gigantic animals. 1916 J. Galsworthy Sheaf i. 21 From a man's hat, or a horse's tail, we can reconstruct the age we live in, like that scientist who reconstructed a mastodon from its funny-bone. 1933 A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleontol. xix. 372 From elephants the mastodons may be generally distinguished by the fact that the teeth were low crowned with few ridges, and many or all of the cheek teeth were usually in place simultaneously. Almost always there was a lower, as well as an upper, pair of tusks. 1999 R. Singer Encycl. Paleontol. II. 987/1 Zygolophodon..became extinct around 12 million years ago. However, by that time it had given rise to the new genus Mammut, which is sometimes informally called the American mastodon. 2. figurative. A person or thing characterized as huge, blundering, or unwieldy; something regarded as cumbersome and outmoded in any respect. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > hugeness > that which is Typhon?1592 coloss1597 Titan1611 colossus1646 Patagonian1767 mammoth1824 enormity1825 mastodon1850 prodigiosity1895 tyrannosaurus1957 1850 R. W. Emerson Swedenborg in Representative Men iii. 105 One of the missouriums and mastodons of literature, he is not to be measured by whole colleges of ordinary scholars. 1893 N.Y. New-Church Messenger 19 Apr. 244 Mastodon-affections..swarming through the tropics of his soul. 1904 G. Ade Breaking into Society 135 At any rate, the cute and dainty little Jessaline..was all hooked up with the human Mastodon. 1965 Listener 2 Sept. 337/2 It is high time we..began to inquire more coolly how we can expect this mastodon in our midst to behave. 1991 Economist 13 July 51/3 Most of the army's wounded mastodons probably accept a view Serbian leaders have long held. Derivatives ˈmastodon-like adj. ΚΠ 1910 H. F. Osborn Age of Mammals 561 Order Pyrotheria. Pyrotheres, Mastodon-like South American Ungulates. 1954 S. J. Perelman Jet-propelled Turban in New Yorker 28 Aug. 22/1 With mastodonlike subtlety, he maneuvered around to the gimmick. 1985 E. H. Colbert Wandering Lands & Animals (new ed.) viii. 212 A few small groups of mammals, the extinct taeniodonts and tillodonts, the extinct tusked, mastodonlike desmostylids [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1811
随便看	portal canal portal circulation portal crane portal dolmen portal door portal fissure portal frame portal gate portal house portal of entry portal of exit portal post portal seat portal site portal stone portal strut portal system portal tomb portal vein portal venous portal way portal-capital portal-to-portal portalage portalcapital