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Synonyms for mastodon


Grammar : Noun
Spell : mas-tuh-don
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmæs təˌdɒn



Définition of mastodon

Origin :
  • 1813, from Modern Latin genus name Mastodon (1806), coined by French naturalist Georges Léopole Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, Baron Cuvier (1769-1832) from Greek mastos "breast" (see masto-) + -odon "tooth" (see tooth); so called from the nipple-like projections on the crowns of the extinct mammal's fossil molars. Related: Mastodontic.
  • As in elephant : noun large mammal
  • As in pachyderm : noun nonruminant hoofed mammal
Example sentences :
  • "I had come up from the lower hills all one day," said the Mastodon.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • All the Indians in the group that had gathered about the Mastodon, nodded at this.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • The Mastodon rocked to and fro on his huge feet, embarrassedly.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • Its staff was mastodon ivory, the paleontologists had determined.
  • Extract from : « Zero Data » by Charles Saphro
  • No mastodon steak for them, Dolly; no nice wing-bone of ictiosaurus—they starved.
  • Extract from : « The Trimming of Goosie » by James Hopper
  • The mastodon staggered, then regained his stride and went rushing on.
  • Extract from : « Project Mastodon » by Clifford Donald Simak
  • Forepaugh had a mastodon up his sleeve for everybody else's elephant.
  • Extract from : « Nights » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
  • A good deal of interest is connected with the finding of one mastodon's tooth.
  • Extract from : « The Prehistoric World » by E. A. Allen
  • She says they were only made for scenery—like the rhinoceros and the mastodon.
  • Extract from : « The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories » by Mark Twain
  • The name of the man who had dug up the tooth of the mastodon was Louis Bloche.
  • Extract from : « Bouvard and Pcuchet » by Gustave Flaubert

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