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mas·to·don M0144700 (măs′tə-dŏn′) also mas·to·dont (-dŏnt′)n. Any of several very large, extinct proboscidian mammals of the family Mammutidae of the Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene Epochs, resembling elephants but having molar teeth of a different structure.
[New Latin Mastodōn, genus name : Greek mastos, breast, nipple + Greek odōn, tooth (from the nipple-shaped protrusions on the crowns of its molars); see dent- in Indo-European roots.]
mas′to·don′ic adj.mastodon (ˈmæstəˌdɒn) or mastodontn1. (Palaeontology) any extinct elephant-like proboscidean mammal of the genus Mammut (or Mastodon), common in Pliocene times2. (Animals) any extinct elephant-like proboscidean mammal of the genus Mammut (or Mastodon), common in Pliocene times[C19: from New Latin, literally: breast-tooth, referring to the nipple-shaped projections on the teeth] ˌmastoˈdontic adjmas•to•don (ˈmæs təˌdɒn)
n. any of numerous extinct elephantlike mammals of the Oligocene through Pleistocene epochs, esp. of the genus Mastodon (formerly Mammut), distinguished from true elephants by their tooth structure. Compare mammoth (def. 1). [1805–15; < New Latin < Greek mast(ós) breast + -odṓn -toothed] mas·to·don (măs′tə-dŏn′) Any of several extinct mammals similar to elephants and mammoths except in the shape of their molar teeth. Like elephants, mastodons had a pair of long, curved tusks growing from their upper jaw, but they also sometimes had a second pair from the lower jaw. They lived from the Oligocene Epoch to the end of the Ice Age.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  mastodon - extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teethmastodontproboscidean, proboscidian - massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunkgenus Mammut, genus Mastodon, Mammut - extinct type genus of the Mammutidae: mastodonsAmerican mastodon, American mastodont, Mammut americanum - mastodon of North America; in some classifications considered a mammoth rather than a mastodon |
TranslationsmastodonenUK
mastodon (măs`tədŏn'), name for a number of prehistoric mammals of the extinct genus Mammut, from which modern elephants are believed to have developed. The earliest known forms lived in the Oligocene epoch in Africa. These were long-jawed mastodons about 4 1-2 ft (137 cm) high, with four tusks and a greatly elongated face. Their descendants in the Miocene epoch were the size of large elephants, the latest forms having long, flexible trunks, like those of elephants, and only two tusks. During Miocene times they spread over Europe, Asia, and North America. The mastodons were forest dwellers; they obtained their food by browsing and their teeth were more numerous and of a simpler form than those of the elephant. They were apparently extinct in the Old World by the early Pleistocene epoch but survived in North America until late Pleistocene times. They are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata
, phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Proboscidae, family Mammutidae.mastodon[′mas·tə‚dän] (paleontology) A member of the Mastodontidae, especially the genus Mammut. mastodonsimilar to the elephant, the mastodon is now extinct. [Ecology: Hammond, 290]See: Extinctionmastodon any extinct elephant-like proboscidean mammal of the genus Mammut (or Mastodon), common in Pliocene times mastodonenUK
mastodon a relative of the elephant that existed in MIOCENE and PLIOCENE times. It was, in fact, elephant-like and had a short trunk and long tusks.mastodonenUK
Related to mastodon: American mastodonSynonyms for mastodonnoun extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene timesSynonymsRelated Words- proboscidean
- proboscidian
- genus Mammut
- genus Mastodon
- Mammut
- American mastodon
- American mastodont
- Mammut americanum
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