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Meaning of "mastodon" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MASTODON

From New Latin, literally: breast-tooth, referring to the nipple-shaped projections on the teeth.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MASTODON

mastodon  [ˈmæstəˌdɒn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MASTODON

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Mastodon is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MASTODON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Mastodon

Mastodons are an extinct group of mammal species related to elephants, that inhabited North and Central America during the late Miocene or late Pliocene up to their extinction at the end of the Pleistocene 10,000 to 11,000 years ago. Their genus name is Mammut, and they are members of the order Proboscidea. They lived in herds and were predominantly forest dwelling animals that fed on a mixed diet of browsing and grazing with a seasonal preference for browsing, in contrast to living elephants that are mostly grazing animals. The American mastodon is the most recent and best-known species of the genus. They disappeared from North America as part of a mass extinction of most of the Pleistocene megafauna, widely presumed to have been a result of rapid climate change in North America, as well as the sophistication of stone tool weaponry used by the Clovis hunters which may have caused a gradual attrition of the mastodon population.

Definition of mastodon in the English dictionary

The definition of mastodon in the dictionary is any extinct elephant-like proboscidean mammal of the genus Mammut, common in Pliocene times.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MASTODON


celadon
ˈsɛləˌdɒn
chaetodon
ˈkiːtəʊˌdɒn
diprotodon
daɪˈprəʊtəʊˌdɒn
Euroclydon
jʊˈrɒklɪˌdɒn
iguanodon
ɪˈɡwɑːnəˌdɒn
Laomedon
leɪˈɒmɪˌdɒn
Macedon
ˈmæsɪˌdɒn
megalodon
ˈmɛɡələʊˌdɒn
methadon
ˈmeθəˌdɒn
Mogadon
ˈmɒɡəˌdɒn
mylodon
ˈmaɪləˌdɒn
Myrmidon
ˈmɜːmɪˌdɒn
pteranodon
teˈrænəˌdɒn
smilodon
ˈsmɪləˌdɒn
sphenodon
ˈsfiːnəˌdɒn
stegodon
ˈstɛɡəˌdɒn
Telidon
ˈtɛlɪˌdɒn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MASTODON

mastigophoran
mastigophore
mastigophoric
mastigophorous
mastitic
mastitides
mastitis
mastix
mastless
mastlike
mastodonic
mastodont
mastodontic
mastodynia
mastoid
mastoidal
mastoidectomies
mastoidectomy
mastoiditis
mastopexy

WORDS THAT END LIKE MASTODON

abandon
anticodon
Armageddon
clarendon
codon
cordon
Croydon
Cuban solenodon
East London
Gordon
Greater London
Haitian solenodon
Huntingdon
I beg your pardon
London
pardon
Poseidon
solenodon
Swindon
Wimbledon

Synonyms and antonyms of mastodon in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «mastodon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MASTODON

Find out the translation of mastodon to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mastodon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mastodon» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

乳齿象
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mastodonte
570 millions of speakers

English

mastodon
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mastodon
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

المستادون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мастодонта
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mastodonte
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রস্তরীভূত হাতী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mastodonte
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mastodon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mastodon
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

マストドン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

마스토돈
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mastodon
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

loại voi lớn đa tuyệt chủng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மாஸ்டாடோன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मास्टॉन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mastodon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mastodonte
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Mastodon
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мастодонта
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mastodont
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

μαστόδοντα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mastodon
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

mastodont
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mastodon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mastodon

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MASTODON»

The term «mastodon» is quite widely used and occupies the 38.311 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MASTODON» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mastodon

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QUOTES WITH «MASTODON»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mastodon.
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Scott Michael Foster
I'm a huge 'Game of Thrones' fan. I'm really into the 'Colbert Report' and 'Last Week Tonight.' And I really like to get on Netflix and watch, like, TV documentaries about: What happened to the mastodon? Or who was Jack the Ripper?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MASTODON»

Discover the use of mastodon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mastodon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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American Mastodon
Simple text and illustrations present the life of the American mastodon, how it looked, and its behavior.
Carol K. Lindeen, 2006
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Project Mastodon
Hudson lay in his sleeping bag, staring at the sky.
Clifford D. Simak, 2013
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Mastodon: Blood Mountain
Alfred Publishing is proud to present the album-matching folio for Mastodon's Grammy-nominated third album, Blood Mountain.
Mastodon (Musical group), Alfred Publishing, 2007
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Mastodon: 80% Complete
Reading this book you find yourself in a world rich in texture, raw with meaning, vastly more immediate and American than the Internet, addressed by a voice you learn to trust.--Adrienne Rich.
Jonathan Johnson, 2001
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American Mastodon
Introduces the physical characteristics, habitat, and behavior of this prehistoric relative of modern-day elephants.
Michael P. Goecke, 2010
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Mastodon Farm
This is California. This is New York. This is something about the 80s but also, the 90s. This is the movies, a Ferrari, a blocky car iPhone, a coffee table book, a Picasso ... This is MASTODON FARM.
Mike Kleine, 2012
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The Salt-sea Mastodon: A Reading of Moby-Dick
ROBERT ZOELLNER In The Salt-Sea Mastodon, Robert Zoell- ner relates . Melville's Moby-Dick to some of the most urgent problems of the last quarter of the twentieth century. The early interpretations of the Melville Revival agreed with  ...
Robert Zoellner, 1973
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The Legacy of the Mastodon: The Golden Age of Fossils in America
s. i. x. Fossils. and. Show. Business. Mr.Peale's. Mastodon. The vast Mammot, is perhaps yet stalking through the western wilderness; but if he is no more, let us carefully gather his remains, and even try to find a whole skeleton of this giant, ...
Keith Stewart Thomson, 2008
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Congressional edition
1011 (Mastodon ohiotious.) Shalcr, N. S. 1871 A, p. 162. (M. ohioticns.) Shurtleff, N. B. 1846 A. (M. giganteus.) Silliman, В., sr. 1835 A, p. 165. ("Mastodon.") Silliman, В., jr. 1868 A. ("Mastodon;" may be some other species. ) Smith, J. A. 1846 A, ...
United States. Congress, 1901
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American Poland-China Record
291 Mastodon Maid (Farley) 977748 292 Mastodon Maid (Jones) 984950 409 Mastodon Maid (Bcatty Bros.) 990784 ..504 Mastodon Maid (Maher) 991B32 517 Mastodon Maid (Ferguson) 1)95732 ....580 Mastodon Maid ( Housk i Son) ...
American Poland-China Record Association, 1922

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MASTODON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mastodon is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mastodon Cancel International Tour Dates Due to 'Personal Family …
Some unfortunate news has been released concerning both Mastodon and the band's fans. Due to a “personal family matter,” Mastodon have ... «Loudwire, Jul 15»
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Cookies on the BBC website
Mastodon have pulled out of their appearances at Reading and Leeds Festivals next month. They had been due to headline The Pit but have ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
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We Heart This Blog That Hilariously Skewers Corny Police …
... time, the 'Rock Squad' is formed to deal with crimes deep in the geological record: Did a swamp knowingly swallow a Mastodon family alive? «io9, Jul 15»
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Underground West Michigan: G.R. Public Museum's hidden treasures
Some pieces don't, though; the skull of a mastodon sits on the floor. "At this point, it is too fragile to exhibit, and a lot of the different parts have ... «WZZM, Jul 15»
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Open data: what is it and why are people so scared of it?
Using NHS prescription data, an ODI-incubated startup called Mastodon C identified hundreds of millions of pounds in potential savings ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
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Two new studies use genomes to identify the first Americans — but …
It's a mastodon. And it's in Virginia.] Nielsen's team suggests that the relationship between Native Americans and Australasians could be the ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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Block party show off new museum exhibit
I didn't realize they had so much stuff in here," she said, adding Landen liked the mastodon exhibit and being able to dig there. "He spent a lot ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
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THE AMERICAN PLAY Opens 8/16 at FringeNYC
He recently directed productions at Atlantic Theater Company, Ugly Rhino Productions, Mastodon Theatre Company, Fresh Fruit Festival and ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
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6 years after flooding, new wing at Daytona museum nearing …
... including Cuban and African art, the giant ground sloth, mastodon bones and a 30-year-old diorama showing what a piece of Daytona might ... «Daytona Beach News-Journal, Jul 15»
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Digging up what? It's a mastodon. And it's in Virginia.
At least 12,000 years ago, a mastodon with a toothache died on top of a pile of seashells beside a creek near what is now Yorktown, Va. «Washington Post, Jul 15»

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