noun
- plural of mastodon; extinct elephant-like mammals with long curved tusks that lived during the Ice Age
Usage: paleontology
Examples
- Scientists discovered mastodon fossils in the ancient riverbed.
- Mastodons roamed North America thousands of years ago.
- The museum’s exhibit featured complete mastodon skeletons.
- Mastodons were smaller than mammoths but had similar tusks.
- Archaeological evidence shows humans hunted mastodons for food.
- The mastodon bones were remarkably well-preserved in the tar pit.