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Definitions
extinct elephants of Central American and South America; of the Miocene and Pleistocene
Word origin
From Ancient Greek γόμφος (gómphos, “nail, peg, fastener, joint”) + θηρίον (thēríon, “beast”).
Used in a sentence
“In contrast, the early gomphotheres have lowcrowned bunodont cheek teeth that are adapted for crushing and grinding rather than cutting.[…]The elephantids emerged from gomphothere stock near the end of the Miocene.”
“These now-extinct animals would have included the gomphotheres, massive extinct relatives of modern elephants, that were obviously plant eaters and flourished in Central America for most of the past five million years.”
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