mastodon
Kelime Anlamı :
1. mamut benzeri fil.
2. mastodon.
3. yalnız fosili bulunan mamuta benzer.
Tanımlar :
1.
any of several very large, extinct proboscidian mammals of the genus mammut (sometimes mastodon), resembling the elephant but having molar teeth of a different structure.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
an extinct genus of mammals closely allied to the elephant, but having less complex molar teeth, and often a pair of lower, as well as upper, tusks, which are incisor teeth. the species were mostly larger than elephants, and their remains occur in nearly all parts of the world in deposits ranging from miocene to late quaternary time.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
an extinct proboscidean quadruped of the family Elephantidæ and subfamily Mastodontinæ.
2. [capitalized] the typical genus of Mastodontinæ, formerly held to include all the mastodons, now restricted to those of the tetralophodont series, such as M. avernensis of europe.
2. [capitalized] the typical genus of Mastodontinæ, formerly held to include all the mastodons, now restricted to those of the tetralophodont series, such as M. avernensis of europe.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia