mastodont — meaning in English

English meaning

• dodo noun A large flightless bird from Mauritius that became extinct in the 1600s.
• mastodon noun An extinct elephant-like mammal that lived until roughly the end of the last ice age.

Senses

mastodont is used for these senses in English:

• dodo (figuratively) A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt.
• mastodon Extinct elephant-like mammal of the genus †Mammut that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differs from elephants and mammoths in the form of the molar teeth.

dodo — full definition

1. noun A large flightless bird from Mauritius that became extinct in the 1600s.
2. noun A person or idea considered hopelessly outdated.

mastodon — full definition

1. noun An extinct elephant-like mammal that lived until roughly the end of the last ice age.
2. noun Something enormous or unwieldy, used figuratively.

Related Polish words