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