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Mastodon

Mastodon Meaning & Definition
Mastodon Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mastodon?

[n] extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mastodon: mastodont

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See Also | American mastodon | American mastodont | genus Mammut | genus Mastodon | Mammut | Mammut americanum | proboscidean | proboscidian

Mastodon In Webster's Dictionary

\Mas"to*don\, n. [Gr. ? the breast + ?, ?, a tooth. So called from the conical projections upon its molar teeth.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of mammals closely allied to the elephant, but having less complex molar teeth, and often a pair of lower, as well as upper, tusks, which are incisor teeth. The species were mostly larger than elephants, and their romains occur in nearly all parts of the world in deposits ranging from Miocene to late Quaternary time.

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