Associations to the word «Mastodon»

Wiktionary

MASTODON, noun. 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, proper noun. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Mammutidae   — the mastodon, a type of mammoth; replaced by Mammut.
MASTODON, noun. A nickname for both the 4-8-0 and (though incorrectly) the 4-10-0 train configurations.

Dictionary definition

MASTODON, noun. Extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth.

Wise words

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