Mastodon

See also: mastodon

Translingual

Etymology

Coined by French naturalist Georges Cuvier, from Ancient Greek μαστός (mastós, “breast”) + ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”), from the similarity of the mammilloid projections on the crowns of the extinct mammal's molars.

Proper noun

Mastodon m

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Mammutidae – the mastodon, a type of mammoth; replaced by Mammut.

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English

Noun

Mastodon (plural Mastodons)

1. A nickname for both the 4-8-0 and (though incorrectly) the 4-10-0 train configurations.