mastodontineadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌmastəˈdɒntʌɪn/, U.S.

/ˌmæstəˈdɑnˌtaɪn/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: mastodont n., -ine suffix¹.

Etymology: < mastodont n. + -ine suffix¹, after scientific Latin Mastodontinae, former subfamily name (T. N. Gill 1872, in Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 11 13; redefined by H. F. Osborn, 1910); compare earlier scientific Latin Mastodontina (Bonaparte, 1845).

Palaeontology. rare. Perhaps Obsolete.

A. adj.

Of, relating to, or designating the proboscidean subfamily Mastodontinae (family Elephantidae), comprising the mastodons or a subgroup of them.The Mastodontinae were later upgraded to family status as the Mastodontidae, later renamed Mammutidae.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. Mastodontine, of or pertaining to the Mastodontinæ.

B. n.

An animal of the subfamily Mastondontinae.

ΚΠ

1921 H. F. Osborn in Amer. Mus. Novitates No. 1. 5 Ancestors..of the true Mastodontines should also be sought in southern Asia.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mastodontine
释义	mastodontineadj.n. Brit. /ˌmastəˈdɒntʌɪn/, U.S. /ˌmæstəˈdɑnˌtaɪn/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: mastodont n., -ine suffix¹. Etymology: < mastodont n. + -ine suffix¹, after scientific Latin Mastodontinae, former subfamily name (T. N. Gill 1872, in Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 11 13; redefined by H. F. Osborn, 1910); compare earlier scientific Latin Mastodontina (Bonaparte, 1845). Palaeontology. rare. Perhaps Obsolete. A. adj. Of, relating to, or designating the proboscidean subfamily Mastodontinae (family Elephantidae), comprising the mastodons or a subgroup of them.The Mastodontinae were later upgraded to family status as the Mastodontidae, later renamed Mammutidae. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Mastodontine, of or pertaining to the Mastodontinæ. B. n. An animal of the subfamily Mastondontinae. ΚΠ 1921 H. F. Osborn in Amer. Mus. Novitates No. 1. 5 Ancestors..of the true Mastodontines should also be sought in southern Asia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1890
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