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MAMMUT AMERICANUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mammut americanum mean? 

MAMMUT AMERICANUM (noun)
  The noun MAMMUT AMERICANUM has 1 sense:

1. mastodon of North America; in some classifications considered a mammoth rather than a mastodonplay

  Familiarity information: MAMMUT AMERICANUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MAMMUT AMERICANUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Mastodon of North America; in some classifications considered a mammoth rather than a mastodon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

American mastodon; American mastodont; Mammut americanum

Hypernyms ("Mammut americanum" is a kind of...):

mastodon; mastodont (extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth)

Holonyms ("Mammut americanum" is a member of...):

genus Mammut; genus Mastodon; Mammut (extinct type genus of the Mammutidae: mastodons)


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