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mastodon Definition

mas·to·don (mas′tə dän′)

noun

any of an extinct family (Mastodontidae) of proboscidean mammals that differed from the elephants and mammoths by being larger and having a different structure of the molars

Etymology: < Fr mastodonte, coined (1806) by Baron Georges (Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert) Cuvier < Gr mastos (see masto-) + odont-, stem of odous, tooth: from the nipplelike processes on its molar

mastodon Related Forms
mas′·to·don′ic adjective
mastodon Usage Examples

Noun used with modifier

  • hunting: And it equates to the hunter-gatherer who got sustenance by hunting Mastodons and gathering berries.

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  8. ‹ mastic
  9. ‹ masthead
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