mastodont

mas·to·dont  (mst-dnt)

adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of a mastodon.

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[From New Latin Mastodn, genus name; see mastodon.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mastodont - extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth mastodon proboscidean, proboscidian - massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk genus Mammut, genus Mastodon, Mammut - extinct type genus of the Mammutidae: mastodons American mastodon, American mastodont, Mammut americanum - mastodon of North America; in some classifications considered a mammoth rather than a mastodon