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Mastodon Meaning in English

word

ˈmæstəˌdɔn
MAS-tuh-dawn
mˈæstədˌɒn
MAS-tuh-don

التعريف

A mastodon is a large, extinct animal similar to an elephant that lived thousands of years ago. They had long, curved tusks and were covered in hair.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Used mainly in scientific and historical contexts. Not to be confused with 'mammoth,' which was a different but similar extinct animal. Used metaphorically to describe something huge or outdated in informal speech.

جمل نموذجية

The mastodon lived during the Ice Age.

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Scientists found a mastodon tooth in the ground.

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A mastodon is not the same as a mammoth.

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People once hunted the mastodon for food and tools.

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That old building is a real mastodon—huge and impossible to miss.

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It’s amazing how scientists can tell a mastodon from a mammoth just by looking at their teeth.

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