noun
- plural of mastodont; extinct elephant-like mammals with long curved tusks
Usage: paleontology
Examples
- The museum displayed fossils of ancient mastodonts.
- Mastodonts roamed North America thousands of years ago.
- Scientists study mastodonts to understand prehistoric ecosystems.
- The mastodonts were smaller than modern elephants but had similar features.
- Archaeologists discovered mastodonts remains in the tar pits.