Definition of Mastadon
Mastodon, one of an extinct species of mammals akin to the elephant.
- Wikipedia
Mas"to*don (?), n. [Gr.
masto`s the breast + 'odoy`s,
'odo`ntos, a tooth. So called from the conical projections
upon its molar teeth.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of
mammals closely allied to the elephant, but having less complex molar
teeth, and often a pair of lower, as well as upper, tusks, which are
incisor teeth. The species were mostly larger than elephants, and
their remains occur in nearly all parts of the world in deposits
ranging from Miocene to late Quaternary time.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differs from elephants and mammoths in the form of the molar teeth
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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