n. Any of various extinct proboscidean mammals of the genus Stegodon of the Pliocene to the Pleistocene Epochs, having long straight tusks. [New Latin Stegodōn, genus name : Greek stegos, roof (from stegein, to cover; see (s)teg- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots) + -ODON (so called because of the distinctive ridges on its molars).] |
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