mastodon

名词 mastodon:

1. extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth
   同义词：mastodont

mas.to.don

n.（名词）
Any of several very large, extinct proboscidian mammals of the genusMammut (sometimes Mastodon ), resembling the elephant but having molar teeth of a different structure.
乳齿象：美洲乳齿象 属（有时为 乳齿象 )的几种已灭绝的高大、长鼻的哺乳动物，与大象外形相似，但臼齿结构不同

来源：
New Latin Mastodôn [genus name]
现代拉丁语 Mastodôn [属名]
Greek mastos [nipple]
希腊语 mastos [乳头]
Greek odôn odont- [tooth] * see dent-
希腊语 odôn odont- [牙齿] *参见 dent-

【引伸】
mas.todon.ic
adj.（形容词）