mastodont
/ˈmæstəˌdɑnt/
noun
- A large extinct animal similar to an elephant, with long curved tusks, that lived thousands of years ago.
- Scientists believe mastodonts lived in forests and ate leaves and branches.
- Children love to see the giant mastodont exhibit at the natural history museum.
- The museum has a skeleton of a mastodont that was found in a nearby swamp.
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