Noun: mastodon 'mas-tu,dón
- Extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth
"Mastodon fossils have been found on every continent except Australia and Antarctica";
- mastodont
Derived forms: mastodons
Type of: proboscidean, proboscidian
Part of: genus Mammut, genus Mastodon, Mammut
Encyclopedia: Mastodon