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stegodon
[ steg-uh-don ]
/ ˈstɛg əˌdɒn /
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noun
any extinct elephantlike mammal of the genus Stegodon, from the late Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs, usually considered to be directly ancestral to the modern elephant.
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British Dictionary definitions for stegodon
stegodon
stegodont (ˈstɛɡəˌdɒnt)
/ (ˈstɛɡəˌdɒn) /
noun
any proboscidean mammal of the genus Stegodon, of Pliocene to Pleistocene times, similar to the mastodons
Word Origin for stegodon
C19: New Latin (literally: ridge-toothed), from Greek stegos roof, from stegein to cover + odōn tooth
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