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GENUS MAMMUT
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Extinct type genus of the Mammutidae: mastodons
Synonyms:
genus Mammut; genus Mastodon; Mammut
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Mammut" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Mammut"):
mastodon; mastodont (extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth)
American mastodon; American mastodont; Mammut americanum (mastodon of North America; in some classifications considered a mammoth rather than a mastodon)
Holonyms ("genus Mammut" is a member of...):
family Mammutidae; family Mastodontidae; Mammutidae (extinct family: mastodons)
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