English-Thai Dictionary

mastodon

N สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยนม ตระกูล  Mastodontidae สูญพันธุ์ แล้ว  sad-liang-luk-duai-nom-tra-kun

 

mastodonic

ADJ เกี่ยวกับ สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยนม ตระกูล  Mastodontidae สูญพันธุ์ แล้ว  kiao-kab-sad-liang-luk-duai-nom-tra-kun

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MASTODON

n.[Gr. mamilla, and tooth. ] A genus of mammiferous animals resembling the elephant, now extinct, and known only by their fossil remains. It includes the N. American mammoth.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MASTODON

Mas "to *don, n. Etym: [Gr. (Paleon.)

 

Defn: An extinct genus of mammals closely allied to the elephant, but having less complex molar teeth, and often a pair of lower, as well as upper, tusks, which are incisor teeth. The species were mostly larger than elephants, and their romains occur in nearly all parts of the world in deposits ranging from Miocene to late Quaternary time.

 

MASTODONSAURUS

Mas `to *don *sau "rus, n. Etym: [NL. , fr. E. Mastodon + Gr. (Paleon.)

 

Defn: A large extinct genus of labyrinthodonts, found in the European Triassic rocks.

 

MASTODONTIC

MASTODONTIC Mas `to *don "tic, a.

 

Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, a mastodon; as, mastodontic dimensions. Everett.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

mastodon

mas to don |ˈmastəˌdän ˈmæstəˌdɑn | ▶noun a large, extinct, elephantlike mammal of the Miocene to Pleistocene epochs, having teeth of a relatively primitive form and number. [Mammutidae and other families, order Proboscidea: many species, including the American mastodon (Mammut americanum ), which possibly survived to historical times in North America. ] ORIGIN early 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek mastos ‘breast ’ + odous, odont- ‘tooth ’ (with reference to nipple-shaped tubercles on the crowns of its molar teeth ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

mastodon

mastodon |ˈmastədɒn | ▶noun a large extinct elephant-like mammal of the Miocene to Pleistocene epochs, having teeth of a relatively primitive form and number. ●Mammutidae and other families, order Proboscidea: many species. DERIVATIVES mastodontic |-ˈdɒntɪk |adjective ORIGIN early 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek mastos ‘breast ’ + odous, odont- ‘tooth ’ (with reference to nipple-shaped tubercles on the crowns of its molar teeth ).

 

Duden Dictionary

Mastodon

Mas t o don , Mas todon Substantiv, Neutrum , das |M a stodon |das Mastodon; Genitiv: des Mastodons, Plural: die Mastodonten griechisch-neulateinisch ausgestorbene Elefantenart des Tertiärs

 

French Dictionary

mastodonte

mastodonte n. m. nom masculin 1 Mammifère fossile voisin de l ’éléphant. 2 Personne ou chose énorme. : Cette grue est un mastodonte: elle est géante.

 

Spanish Dictionary

mastodonte

mastodonte nombre masculino 1 Mamífero prehistórico parecido al mamut y al elefante, pero con pelaje lanoso, grandes colmillos en la mandíbula superior y dos molares de corona baja con la superficie dibujada de crestas transversales; vivió en los bosques de todos los continentes, desde el mioceno hasta el pleistoceno :los restos de mastodonte se han encontrado en terrenos terciarios .2 coloquial Persona o cosa muy grande o voluminosa :el portero de la discoteca es un mastodonte; cuando vi el armario me pregunté cómo íbamos a pasar ese mastodonte por la puerta de la casa .ETIMOLOGÍA Compuesto (s. xix ) del griego mastós ‘mama, teta ’ y odoýs, odóntos ‘diente ’, porque de sus dientes molares sobresalen puntas redondeadas a manera de mamas .

 

mastodóntico, -ca

mastodóntico, -ca adjetivo Que es muy grande :el mastodóntico continente africano; han presentado un mastodóntico proyecto de mejora de carreteras; ha publicado una mastodóntica novela de más de 800 páginas .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

mastodon

mas to don /mǽstədɑ̀n |-dɔ̀n /名詞 C 〘古生物 〙マストドン 〘新生代第3紀に生息した象に似た古代生物 〙.