Значение

значений: 2
  1. Extinct elephant-like mammal of the genus †Mammut that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differs from elephants and mammoths in the form of the molar teeth.

    Mastodon

    мастодо́нтmastodónt

    extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth

  2. (переносно)Anything awkwardly large or unwieldy.

Примеры

предложений: 3
  1. Mastodon is a federated free and open-source social network.

  2. The mastodons are extinct.

  3. Aviva plays in a Mastodon tribute band.

Переводы

языков: 7
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extinct elephant-like mammal of the genus Mammut:
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extinct elephant-like mammal of the genus Mammut:

Происхождение

First attested 1813, from translingual Mastodon (1806), coined by French naturalist George

First attested 1813, from translingual Mastodon (1806), coined by French naturalist Georges Cuvier, from masto- (“breast”) + -odon (“tooth”), due to the mammilloid (“nipple-shaped”) projections on the crowns of the extinct mammal's molars.

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Формы

мн. число: mastodons
Ед. числоmastodon
Мн. числоmastodons

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Синонимы

синонимов: 2
Близкие по смыслу
  • extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth:mastodont

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 9

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