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Meaning of mastodont in English
Pronunciation
/ˈmastədɒnt/
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Noun
mastodont
Etymology
early 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), revolutionary politician and president of the United States of America. From French mastodonte from masto- + -odonte, with reference to the nipple-like tubercles present in pairs on the crowns of the molar teeth
Definitions
1.
extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times
Examples
« differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth »