Thesaurus: mastodon

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1. n. 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 romains occur in nearly all parts of the world in deposits ranging from Miocene to late Quaternary time.
2. n. extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth
3. 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 romains occur in nearly all parts of the world in deposits ranging from Miocene to late Quaternary time.
4. An extinct genus of mammals closely allied to the elephant, buthaving less complex molar teeth, and often a pair of lower, as wellas upper, tusks, which are incisor teeth. The species were mostlylarger than elephants, and their romains occur in nearly all parts ofthe world in deposits ranging from Miocene to late Quaternary time.
5. n:100 n. extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth