mastodon
mastodon
[ˈmastədɒn]
noun
mastodontic
[-ˈdɒntɪk]
adjective
语源
[ˈmastədɒn]
noun
- a large extinct elephant-like mammal of the Miocene to Pleistocene epochs, having teeth of a relatively primitive form and number
柱牙象，乳齿象 - Mammutidae and other families, order Proboscidea: many species, including Mammut americanus, which possibly survived to historical times in North America
乳齿象科和其他科，长鼻目： 多种，其中美洲乳齿象（拉丁名Mammut americanus）可能在北美洲一直存活到有历史记载的时期
mastodontic
[-ˈdɒntɪk]
adjective
语源
- early 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek mastos 'breast' + odous, odont- 'tooth' (with reference to nipple-shaped tubercles on the crowns of its molar teeth)
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