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mastodon

/ˈmæstədɑn/ · noun

Meaning

  1. Extinct elephant-like mammal of the genus Mammut that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differs from elephants and mammoths in the form of the molar teeth.

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  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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