AMERICAN MASTODONT

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

American mastodon; American mastodont; Mammut americanum

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("American mastodont" 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 mastodont" is a member of...):

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

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