Meaning of the word mastodon in English
What does mastodon mean in English? Explore the meaning, pronunciation, and specific usage of this word with Lingoland.
mastodon
US /ˈmæs.tə.dɑːn/
UK /ˈmæs.tə.dɒn/
Noun
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a large, extinct, elephant-like mammal of the genus Mammut, having molars with mammillary processes, and found in both Eurasia and North America from the Miocene to the Pleistocene epochs.
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Fossilized remains of a mastodon were discovered in the excavation site.
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The museum has an impressive skeleton of a prehistoric mastodon.
2.
a person or thing that is enormous, powerful, or old-fashioned.
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The old factory was a huge industrial mastodon, now mostly abandoned.
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He's a political mastodon, having been in power for over forty years.