Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun american_mastodon
1 sense of american mastodon
Sense 1
American mastodon, American mastodont, Mammut americanum -- (mastodon of North America; in some classifications considered a mammoth rather than a mastodon)
=> mastodon, mastodont -- (extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth)