American mastodon

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

American mastodont Mammut americanum

Hypernyms

mastodon mastodont

Examples

Each tracks a species that’s in some way emblematic—the American mastodon, the great auk, an ammonite that disappeared at the end of the Cretaceous alongside the dinosaurs. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

american maneuver american marram grass American marten American mastodont American matsutake American merganser