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Word: Mastodon
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek mastos ‘breast’ + odous, odont- ‘tooth’ (with reference to nipple-shaped tubercles on the crowns of its molar teeth)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈmastədɒn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a large extinct elephant-like mammal of the Miocene to Pleistocene epochs, having teeth of a relatively primitive form and number.
Short Definition:large extinct elephant-like mammal of Miocene to Pleistocene epochs
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