mastodon
Extinct elephant-like mammal of the genus †Mammut that flourished worldwide from…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.
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Значення
значень: 2Extinct 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
(переносно)Anything awkwardly large or unwieldy.
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речень: 3Mastodon is a federated free and open-source social network.
The mastodons are extinct.
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First attested 1813, from translingual Mastodon (1806), coined by French naturalist GeorgeFirst 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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множина: mastodonsСиноніми
синонімів: 2- extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth:mastodont