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mas·to·don

 (măs′tə-dŏn′) also mas·to·dont (-dŏnt′)
n.
Any of several very large, extinct proboscidian mammals of the family Mammutidae of the Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene Epochs, resembling elephants but having molar teeth of a different structure.
[New Latin Mastodōn, genus name : Greek mastos, breast, nipple + Greek odōn, tooth (from the nipple-shaped protrusions on the crowns of its molars); see dent- in Indo-European roots.]
mas′to·don′ic adj.
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Noun1.mastodont - extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene timesmastodont - extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth
mastodon
proboscidean, proboscidian - massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk
genus Mammut, genus Mastodon, Mammut - extinct type genus of the Mammutidae: mastodons
American mastodon, American mastodont, Mammut americanum - mastodon of North America; in some classifications considered a mammoth rather than a mastodon
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