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mastodon

[mas-tuh-don] / ˈmæs təˌdɒn /
NOUN
elephant
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And they have tiny, mostly useless little eyes, no ears, and a pair of huge incisors like a mastodon's tusks.

From Salon

For millions of years, North America was home to a zoo of giants: mammoths and mastodons, camels and dire wolves, sloths the size of elephants and beavers as big as bears.

From New York Times

The shrub-like oak tree has been a fixture of the landscape since mastodons and saber-toothed cats last roamed Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times

Nonetheless, the tree has been a fixture of the landscape since mastodons and saber-toothed cats last roamed Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times

They also have found small pieces of mastodon tusk, but nothing this big and intact.

From Seattle Times