English noun: mastodon | |||
1. | mastodon (animal) extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth | ||
Synonyms | mastodont | ||
Broader (hypernym) | proboscidean, proboscidian | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | American mastodon, American mastodont, Mammut americanum | ||
Member meronym | genus Mammut, genus Mastodon, Mammut | ||