mastodon

---

Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ˈmæstədɑn/, /ˈmæstədən/

Noun

mastodon (plural mastodons)

1. Extinct elephant-like mammal of the genus Mammut that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differs from elephants and mammoths in the form of the molar teeth.

Translations

• French: mastodonte
• Italian: mastodonte
• Portuguese: mastodonte
• Russian: мастодо́нт
• Spanish: mastodonte

---

Mastodon

---

Noun

mastodon (plural mastodons)

1. A nickname for both the 4-8-0 and (though incorrectly) the 4-10-0 train configurations.

---

This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.007