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mastodontic

  • a word derived from mastodon.
    mastodon
    noun
    a massive, elephantlike mammal of the genus Mammut (Mastodon ), that flourished worldwide from the Miocene through the Pleistocene epochs and, in North America, into recent times, having long, curved upper tusks and, in the male, short lower tusks.

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Amid the mastodontic wassail I caught the eye of one small fossil.

From Salon Jun. 15, 2010