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1. (n.) mastodon
any of numerous extinct elephantlike mammals of the Oligocene through Pleistocene epochs, esp. of the genus Mastodon (formerly Mammut), distinguished from true elephants by their tooth structure.
Etymology: (1805–15; < NL < Gk mast(ós) breast +
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1. (noun) mastodon, mastodont
extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth
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1. (noun) mastodon
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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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. mastodon
one of an extinct species of mammals akin to the elephant.
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