GENUS MASTODON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Mastodon mean? 

• GENUS MASTODON (noun)
  The noun GENUS MASTODON has 1 sense:

1. extinct type genus of the Mammutidae: mastodons

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS MASTODON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extinct type genus of the Mammutidae: mastodons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Mammut; genus Mastodon; Mammut

Hypernyms ("genus Mastodon" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Mastodon"):

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

American mastodon; American mastodont; Mammut americanum (mastodon of North America; in some classifications considered a mammoth rather than a mastodon)

Holonyms ("genus Mastodon" is a member of...):

family Mammutidae; family Mastodontidae; Mammutidae (extinct family: mastodons)