1. extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth; [syn: mastodon, mastodont]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mastodont
n 1: extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from
Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in
the form of the molar teeth [syn: mastodon, mastodont]