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mastodon
(encz) | mastodon,mastodont n: Zdeněk Brož |
Mastodon
(gcide) | Mastodon \Mas"to*don\, n. [Gr. masto`s the breast + 'odoy`s,
'odo`ntos, a tooth. So called from the conical projections
upon its molar teeth.] (Paleon.)
An extinct genus of mammals closely allied to the elephant,
but having less complex molar teeth, and often a pair of
lower, as well as upper, tusks, which are incisor teeth. The
species were mostly larger than elephants, and their remains
occur in nearly all parts of the world in deposits ranging
from Miocene to late Quaternary time.
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mastodon
(wn) | mastodon
n 1: extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from
Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in
the form of the molar teeth [syn: mastodon, mastodont] |
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mastodont
(encz) | mastodont, n: |
mastodont
(czen) | mastodont,mastodonn: Zdeněk Brož |
Mastodon
(gcide) | Mastodon \Mas"to*don\, n. [Gr. masto`s the breast + 'odoy`s,
'odo`ntos, a tooth. So called from the conical projections
upon its molar teeth.] (Paleon.)
An extinct genus of mammals closely allied to the elephant,
but having less complex molar teeth, and often a pair of
lower, as well as upper, tusks, which are incisor teeth. The
species were mostly larger than elephants, and their remains
occur in nearly all parts of the world in deposits ranging
from Miocene to late Quaternary time.
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Mastodonsaurus
(gcide) | Mastodonsaurus \Mas`to*don*sau"rus\, n. [NL., fr. E. Mastodon +
Gr. say^ros a lizard.] (Paleon.)
A large extinct genus of labyrinthodonts, found in the
European Triassic rocks.
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Mastodontic
(gcide) | Mastodontic \Mas`to*don"tic\, a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, a mastodon; as, mastodontic
dimensions. --Everett.
[1913 Webster] Mastodynia |
american mastodon
(wn) | American mastodon
n 1: mastodon of North America; in some classifications
considered a mammoth rather than a mastodon [syn: {American
mastodon}, American mastodont, Mammut americanum] |
american mastodont
(wn) | American mastodont
n 1: mastodon of North America; in some classifications
considered a mammoth rather than a mastodon [syn: {American
mastodon}, American mastodont, Mammut americanum] |
family mastodontidae
(wn) | family Mastodontidae
n 1: extinct family: mastodons [syn: Mammutidae, {family
Mammutidae}, family Mastodontidae] |
genus mastodon
(wn) | genus Mastodon
n 1: extinct type genus of the Mammutidae: mastodons [syn:
Mammut, genus Mammut, genus Mastodon] |
mastodont
(wn) | mastodont
n 1: extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from
Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in
the form of the molar teeth [syn: mastodon, mastodont] |
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