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mastodont
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.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  mastodont - extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teethmastodonproboscidean, 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 |
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Synonyms for mastodontnoun 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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