单词 | mastodontoid |
释义 | mastodontoidadj. Palaeontology. Now disused. Of or resembling a mastodon; (later) spec. of or relating to the former taxon Mastodontoidea, including many or all species of mastodon. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Proboscidea (elephants) > [adjective] > of miscellaneous extinct types > of or resembling the mastodon mastodontoid1842 mastodonic1853 mastodontic1855 mastodont1890 1842 R. Owen in Ann. Nat. Hist. 11 12 The..collector and transmitter of the Mastodontoid fossils. 1844 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1841–3 2 264 (title) On three papers relative to the mastodontoid animals in the collections of Mr. Koch. 1926 Amer. Mus. Novitates No. 238. (title) Additional new genera and species of the mastodontoid Proboscidea. 1937 Q. Biol. Rev. 12 212/2 In this correlation the intensive study of the grinding teeth in the mastodontoid and elephantoid divisions plays a leading part. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1842 |
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