gomphothere
/ˈɡɑmfəˌθɪr/
noun
- An extinct mammal related to elephants, with long tusks and a trunk, that lived millions of years ago.
- Fossils of a gomphothere were discovered in a riverbed in Florida.
- Unlike modern elephants, some gomphotheres had four tusks.
- The gomphothere roamed North America during the Miocene epoch.