[DOC] [TLE] Mastodon - Wikipedia [PAR] Mastodons are any species of extinct mammutid proboscideans in the genus 
Mammut, distantly ... Mastodons lived in herds and were predominantly forest 
dwelling animals that ... Like modern elephants, the females were smaller than 
the males. .... The name mastodon (or mastodont) means "breast tooth" (Ancient 
Greek:... [DOC] [TLE] Mastodon | Define Mastodon at Dictionary.com [PAR] Mastodon definition, a massive, elephantlike mammal of the genus Mammut (
Mastodon), ... 1805-15; < New Latin < Greek mast (s) breast + odn tooth ... C19
: from New Latin, literally: breast-tooth, referring to the nipple-shaped ... so called 
from the nipple-like projections on the crowns of the extinct mammal's fossil 
molars. [DOC] [TLE] Mastodon - definition of mastodon by The Free Dictionary [PAR] [New Latin Mastodn, genus name : Greek mastos, breast, nipple + Greek odn, 
... (Palaeontology) any extinct elephant-like proboscidean mammal of the genus 
... [C19: from New Latin, literally: breast-tooth, referring to the nipple-shaped .... 
and mastodons, past, present, and to come, with all the revolving panoramas of... [DOC] [TLE] jasper study Flashcards | Quizlet [PAR] With his lecture on "the species of elephants, both living and fossil," Cuvier had 
.... Cuvier finally gave the mastodonte its name in a paper published in Paris in 
1806. The peculiar designation comes from the Greek, meaning "breast tooth"; 
the ... Dig back further and one found creatures, like the animals from Montmartre, 
that... [DOC] [TLE] mastodon (proboscidean) - Memidex dictionary/thesaurus [PAR] "mastodon" (proboscidean) definition: an extinct elephant-like mammal that ... 
Modern Latin genus name Mastodon (1806), coined by French naturalist 
Georges. .... Origin: early 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek mastos "breast" 
+ odous, ... Origin: from New Latin, literally: breast-tooth, referring to the nipple-
shaped... [DOC] [TLE] The Lost World - The New Yorker [PAR] Dec 16, 2013 ... Elizabeth Kolbert writes about archeology, evolution, extinction, and Georges 
Cuvier. ... like festooned ribbons, while the elephant from the Cape of Good ... A 
decade later, he would invent a new name for the beast from Ohio; ..... The 
peculiar designation comes from the Greek, meaning breast tooth; the... [DOC] [TLE] Best Western Denver Southwest  Categories  Other Artifacts of the ... [PAR] From the Greek root petro, meaning wood turned into stone, the petrified ... 
The original specimen comes from the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, ... In 
ancient Greek, Mastodon means, breast tooth. ... This large elephant-like 
mammal roamed North America during the last Ice ... Its name means straight 
horn in Greek. [DOC] [TLE] Proboscidean - Expand Your Mind - Revolvy [PAR] The Proboscidea (from the Greek  and the Latin proboscis ) are a ... 
Stegomastodon ('roof breast tooth') is an extinct genus of gomphothere , a family 
of .... The name "gomphothere" comes from Ancient Greek , "peg, pin; 
wedge; .... The elephant -like animal lived through the Miocene and Pliocene 
epochs. [DOC] [TLE] Older posts - TwilightBeasts | Exploring the magnificent world of lost ... [PAR] Aug 8, 2014 ... In effect, the American cheetah looked like the African cheetah because they had 
... for cheetah Acinonyx (which itself comes from the Greek prefix a- and -kineo, 
... All species of rhinoceros are under threat of extinction today not by changing 
...... Mastodon means, literally, breast-tooth or nipple-tooth. [DOC] [TLE] The sixth extinction by BOOKS ON ISLAM (MOSTLY) - issuu [PAR] Aug 1, 2015 ... The species does not yet have a namenothing doesbut it has the capacity to 
name things. ... On reaching Europe, they encounter creatures very much like .... 
Every one of them has the same value to me as an elephant, he said. ... Most 
amphibiansthe word comes from the Greek meaning double

Question: The name of this extinct elephant-like creature comes from Greek meaning "breast tooth"
Answer: a mastodon