mammut

English Thesaurus

1. extinct type genus of the Mammutidae: mastodons (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mammal genus,
definition	:	a genus of mammals (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	mastodon, mastodont,
definition	:	extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	american mastodon, american mastodont, mammut americanum,
definition	:	mastodon of North America; in some classifications considered a mammoth rather than a mastodon (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family mammutidae, family mastodontidae, mammutidae,
definition	:	extinct family: mastodons (noun.animal)