| NOUN | animal | mastodon, mastodont | extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide / worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times |
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| Sounds | mae'stahdao.n | |
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| Rhymes | Amon ... yawn: 34 rhymes with aon... | |
| Meaning | Extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide / worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth. | |
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| Synonym | mastodont | |
| Member of | Mammut, genus Mammut, genus Mastodon | Extinct type genus of the Mammutidae |
| Narrower | American mastodon, American mastodont, Mammut americanum | mastodon of North America |
| Broader | proboscidean, proboscidian | massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk |
| Spanish | mammutidae, mastodonte, mastodont | |
| Catalan | mastodont | |
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