mastodon

Signification (Anglais)

1. Extinct elephant-like mammal of the genus †Mammut that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differs from elephants and mammoths in the form of the molar teeth.
2. (figuratively) Anything awkwardly large or unwieldy.

Concepts

mastodonte

mastodon

Mastodonte

mastodontes

Synonymes

mastodont

monster

Mammut

mastodonton

Traductions

mastodonte

mastodonte

mastodonte

Mastodon

mastodont

Mammut

mastodont

mastodon

μαστόδοντας

mammutidae

الصناجة

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈmæstədɑn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

First attested 1813, from translingual Mastodon (1806), coined by French naturalist Georges Cuvier, from masto- (“breast”) + -odon (“tooth”), due to the mammilloid (“nipple-shaped”) projections on the crowns of the extinct mammal's molars.