1813, from Modern Latin genus name Mastodon (1806), coined by French naturalist Georges Léopole Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, Baron Cuvier (1769-1832) from Greek mastos "breast" (see masto-) + -odon "tooth" (see tooth); so called from the nipple-like projections on the crowns of the extinct mammal's fossil molars. Related: Mastodontic.
双语例句
1. Okay , now the Mastodon is from the semi - late Jurassic period.
接下来这头乳齿象是来自侏罗纪中后期.
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2. Barney : Hi that's not a mastodon, its Fred singing.
那可不是乳齿象, 是弗雷德在唱歌.
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3. Isn't the mastodon from the Pliocene Epoch?
乳齿象不是上新世的 吗 ?
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4. They hunted huge creatures like the mastodon, which were similar to the modern elephant.
他们的捕食对象都是些庞然大物,比如跟现在的大象体型相似的乳齿象.
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5. North American mastodon; in some classifications considered a mammoth rather than a mastodon.
