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mastodonic
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.mastodonic (ˌmæstəˈdɒnɪk) adjvery large and powerfulThesaurusmastodonicadjectiveOf extraordinary size and power:behemoth, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, herculean, heroic, huge, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, massy, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, pythonic, stupendous, titanic, tremendous, vast.Informal: walloping.Slang: whopping.EncyclopediaSeemastodonmastodonic
Synonyms for mastodonicadj of extraordinary size and powerSynonyms- behemoth
- Brobdingnagian
- Bunyanesque
- colossal
- cyclopean
- elephantine
- enormous
- gargantuan
- giant
- gigantesque
- gigantic
- herculean
- heroic
- huge
- immense
- jumbo
- mammoth
- massive
- massy
- mighty
- monster
- monstrous
- monumental
- mountainous
- prodigious
- pythonic
- stupendous
- titanic
- tremendous
- vast
- walloping
- whopping
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