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mastodon

noun mas·to·don \ˈmas-tə-ˌdän, -dən\

: a type of animal that was related to the mammoth and that lived in ancient times

Full Definition of MASTODON

1
:  any of various extinct mammals (genus Mammut syn. Mastodon) of the elephant family existing from the Miocene through the Pleistocene that are distinguished from the related mammoths chiefly by molar teeth with cone-shaped cusps
2
:  one that is unusually large
mas·to·don·ic \ˌmas-tə-ˈdä-nik\ adjective
mas·to·dont \ˈmas-tə-ˌdänt\ adjective or noun
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Origin of MASTODON

New Latin mastodont-, mastodon, from Greek mastos + odont-, odōn, odous tooth — more at tooth
First Known Use: 1811

Rhymes with MASTODON

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