Mastodon
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈmæs.tə.dɒn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mastodon is a noun meaning (figurative) Anything awkwardly large or unwieldy.
Meaning
(figurative) Anything awkwardly large or unwieldy.
More Meanings
- Extinct 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.
Example Sentences
The battery is dying, and Natalia's iPhone charger doesn't fit my mastodon of a phone anyway.
Nor does it work for governance: the policy has become such a mastodon that we can't adapt it quickly enough to different regions or different circumstances.
When, exactly, Europeans first stumbled upon the bones of an American mastodon is unclear. An isolated molar unearthed in a field in upstate New York was sent off to London in 1705; it was labeled the “tooth of a Giant”.
Word Forms
- mastodons
- mastodont
Synonyms for mastodon
Depending on context, synonyms include incognitum, mastodont.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mammoth, mastodonton, megamammal, mammutid, elephant, megathere.
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