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
- (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Mammutidae – the mastodon, a type of mammoth; replaced by Mammut.
English
Noun
Mastodon (plural Mastodons)
- A nickname for both the 4-8-0 and (though incorrectly) the 4-10-0 train configurations.