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GOMPHOTHERE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gomphothere mean?
• GOMPHOTHERE (noun)
The noun GOMPHOTHERE has 1 sense:
1. extinct elephants of Central American and South America; of the Miocene and Pleistocene
Familiarity information: GOMPHOTHERE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extinct elephants of Central American and South America; of the Miocene and Pleistocene
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("gomphothere" is a kind of...):
elephant (five-toed pachyderm)
Holonyms ("gomphothere" is a member of...):
genus Gomphotherium; Gomphotherium (type genus of the Gomphotheriidae)
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