noun🔗ShareMastodonExtinct elephant-like mammal of the genus Mammut that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differs from elephants and mammoths in the form of the molar teeth."Paleontologists discovered a well-preserved mastodon skeleton during an excavation. "Paläontologen entdeckten bei einer Ausgrabung ein gut erhaltenes Mastodon-Skelett.animalhistorybiologygeologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading