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MAMMUT AMERICANUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mammut americanum mean?
• MAMMUT AMERICANUM (noun)
The noun MAMMUT AMERICANUM has 1 sense:
1. mastodon of North America; in some classifications considered a mammoth rather than a mastodon
Familiarity information: MAMMUT AMERICANUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("Mammut americanum" 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 ("Mammut americanum" is a member of...):
genus Mammut; genus Mastodon; Mammut (extinct type genus of the Mammutidae: mastodons)
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