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AMERICAN MASTODON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does American mastodon mean? 

AMERICAN MASTODON (noun)
  The noun AMERICAN MASTODON has 1 sense:

1. mastodon of North America; in some classifications considered a mammoth rather than a mastodonplay

  Familiarity information: AMERICAN MASTODON used as a noun is very rare.


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AMERICAN MASTODON (noun)


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Meaning:

Mastodon of North America; in some classifications considered a mammoth rather than a mastodon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

American mastodon; American mastodont; Mammut americanum

Hypernyms ("American mastodon" is a kind of...):

mastodon; mastodont (extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth)

Holonyms ("American mastodon" is a member of...):

genus Mammut; genus Mastodon; Mammut (extinct type genus of the Mammutidae: mastodons)


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