Associations to the word «Gomphothere»

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Wiktionary

GOMPHOTHERE, noun. Any of the extinct proboscideans of the family Gomphotheriidae, that lived in North America and Eurasia during the Miocene and Pliocene (12—1.6 million years ago), and latterly also in South America (around 3 million to 9100 years ago).

Dictionary definition

GOMPHOTHERE, noun. Extinct elephants of Central American and South America; of the Miocene and Pleistocene.

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