mastodon

See also Mastodon

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Alternative forms

• mastodont

Etymology

First attested 1813, from the New Latin genus name Mastodon (1806), coined by Georges Cuvier, from Ancient Greek μαστός (mastos, “breast”) + ὀδούς (odous, “tooth”), from the similarity of the mammilloid projections on the crowns of the extinct mammal's molars.

Noun

mastodon (plural mastodons)

1. Extinct elephant-like mammal of the genus Mammut that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differs from elephants and mammoths in the form of the molar teeth.

mastodon

Derived terms

• mastodonic

Translations

extinct elephant-like mammal of the genus Mammut

• Finnish: mastodontti (fi)
• Italian: mastodonte (it) m
• Navajo: bíchį́į́h yee adilohii ditłʼoígíí
• Portuguese: mastodonte (pt) m

• Romanian: mastodont (ro) m
• Russian: мастодонт 'm'
• Spanish: mastodonte (es)