see|Mastodon
English
Alternative spellings
mastodont
Etymology
First attested w:1813|1813, from Modern Latin genus name Mastodon (w:1806|1806), coined by w:Georges Cuvier|Georges Cuvier, from Gr. mastos, "breast" + -dont, "tooth," from the similarity of the nipple-like projections on the crowns of the extinct mammal's molars.
Noun
en-noun
- 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.
Translations
Finnish: mastodontti
Portuguese: mastodonte m
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Spanish: mastodonte
Russian: ма��одон� 'm'
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