n. a large extinct mammal of the genus Mammut, resembling the elephant but having nipple-shaped tubercles on the crowns of its molar teeth.
Derivatives:
mastodontic adj.
Etymology: mod.L f. Gk mastos breast + odous odontos tooth
n. a large extinct mammal of the genus Mammut, resembling the elephant but having nipple-shaped tubercles on the crowns of its molar teeth.
Derivatives:
mastodontic adj.
Etymology: mod.L f. Gk mastos breast + odous odontos tooth
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012