mastodon
mastodon 英 ['mæstədɒn] 美 ['mæstə,dɑn]
n. [古生] 乳齿象；庞然大物 adj. 巨大的；庞大的
名词复数:mastodons
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- n. [古生] 乳齿象；庞然大物
- adj. 巨大的；庞大的
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1. The mammoths should not be confused with the American mastodon (Mammut americanum), another ancient elephant from North and Central America.
猛犸应该不会与生活在北美洲和中美洲的另一种古象——美洲乳齿象相混淆（Mammut americanum）。
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2. It is unique because there are no other known sites in the state, and few in North America, that contain both mammoth and mastodon fossils in one location.
它的独特之处在于，该州没有其他已知的遗址同时包含猛犸象和乳齿象化石，甚至在整个北美也很罕见。
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3. The researchers say they have also done the first nuclear genetic analysis of the American mastodon
研究人员说他们已经完成了首个美洲乳齿象的细胞核遗传学分析
- mastodon (n.) 1813, from Modern Latin genus name Mastodon (1806), coined by French naturalist Georges Léopole Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, Baron Cuvier (1769-1832) from Greek mastos "breast" (see masto-) + -odon "tooth" (from PIE root *dent- "tooth"); so called from the nipple-like projections on the crowns of the extinct mammal's fossil molars. Related: Mastodontic.
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