mastodon

mastodon
[ˈmastədɒn]
noun
  1. a large extinct elephant-like mammal of the Miocene to Pleistocene epochs, having teeth of a relatively primitive form and number
    柱牙象，乳齿象
  2. Mammutidae and other families, order Proboscidea: many species, including Mammut americanus, which possibly survived to historical times in North America
    乳齿象科和其他科，长鼻目： 多种，其中美洲乳齿象（拉丁名Mammut americanus）可能在北美洲一直存活到有历史记载的时期
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mastodontic
[-ˈdɒntɪk]
adjective
语源
  1. early 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek mastos 'breast' + odous, odont- 'tooth' (with reference to nipple-shaped tubercles on the crowns of its molar teeth)
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