extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth
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mastodon::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | mastodont |
| Type of | proboscidian, proboscidean |
| Has types | american mastodon, american mastodont, mammut americanum |
Examples of mastodon
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The granite rock has markings that resemble a mastodon with a spear in its side.
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About $141,000 has also been put into the mastodon skull's restoration, he said.
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This was mostly because the quarterback had the mobility and speed of a mastodon.
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All you have to do is type the words Phosphatherium, mastodon or Australopithecus.
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The discovery is the fourth record of the American mastodon in Macomb County.
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All those buff guys in mastodon briefs fringed with saber-toothed tiger hair.
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The American mastodon is the most recent and best-known species of the group.
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The mastodon spent its days lumbering along the Front Range, chewing leaves.
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Tumak hides in a tree, which the mastodon rams into and knocks into a river.
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- Extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth
- Mastodons (Greek: u03BCu03B1u03C3u03C4u03CCu03C2 "breast" and u1F40u03B4u03BFu03CDu03C2, "tooth") are any species of extinct mammutid proboscideans in the genus Mammut, distantly related to elephants, that inhabited North and Central America during the late Miocene or late Pliocene up to their extinction at the end of the Pleistocene 10,000 to 11,000 years ago...
- Mastodon is the only box set released by the American metal band of the same name. It features all of their material released by Relapse Records plus Blood Mountain which was originally released on Reprise Records. ...
- Mastodon is an American progressive metal band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 1999. The band comprises bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders, lead guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds, rhythm guitarist/vocalist Bill Kelliher and drummer/vocalist Brann Dailor. ...
- Mastodon is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe, primarily featured in the Wolverine comic books. He first appeared in Wolverine #48 (in a flashback).
- Mastodon was the unofficial name of the Central Pacific Railroad's number 229, the world's first successful 4-8-0 steam locomotive.
- The taxonomic genus of the mastodon
- Any of the now-extinct Pliocene and Pleistocene elephant-like creatures of the genus Mammut (or Mastodon). These browsers (unlike the grazing mammoths) subsisted on twigs and leaves and for that reason their remains are found in what would have been forested regions.
- An extinct genus of mammal 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. ...
