Stegodon Definition

stĕgə-dŏn
noun
Any of various extinct proboscidean mammals of the genus Stegodon of the Pliocene to the Pleistocene Epochs, having long straight tusks.
American Heritage

Origin of Stegodon

  • New Latin Stegodōn genus name Greek stegos roof (from stegein to cover (s)teg- in Indo-European roots) –odon (so called because of the distinctive ridges on its molars)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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