steg·o·don (st g  -d n )n. Any of various extinct elephantlike mammals of the genus Stegodon and related genera, of the Pliocene to the Pleistocene epochs. [New Latin Stegodon, genus name : Greek stegos, roof (from stegein, to cover; see (s)teg- in Indo-European roots) + -odon (so called because of the distinctive ridges on its molars).] |
stegodon [ˈstɛgəˌdɒn], stegodont [ˈstɛgəˌdɒnt]
n
(Earth Sciences / Palaeontology) any proboscidean mammal of the genus Stegodon, of Pliocene to Pleistocene times, similar to the mastodons
[New Latin (literally: ridge-toothed), from Greek stegos roof, from stegein to cover + odōn tooth]
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