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    GENUS MASTODON

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Extinct type genus of the Mammutidae: mastodonsplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Mammut; genus Mastodon; Mammut

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("genus Mastodon" is a kind of...):

    mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Mastodon"):

    mastodon; mastodont (extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth)

    American mastodon; American mastodont; Mammut americanum (mastodon of North America; in some classifications considered a mammoth rather than a mastodon)

    Holonyms ("genus Mastodon" is a member of...):

    family Mammutidae; family Mastodontidae; Mammutidae (extinct family: mastodons)

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