mastodont

Definitions of mastodont
  1. noun
    a ship that has been wrecked and abandoned
    synonyms: bakbeest, gevaarte
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    type of:
    kiel, schip
    a vessel that carries passengers or freight
  2. noun
    something especially big or impressive of its kind
    synonyms: bakbeest, flinkerd, gevaarte, kleerkast, kneibel, knots, kokker, kokkerd, poteling
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    type of:
    geval
    an entity that is not named specifically
  3. noun
    extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth
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    type of:
    slurfdier
    massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk
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