mastodons

noun

plural of mastodon
as in whales
something or someone that is unusually large and powerful mom-and-pop stores just can't compete with these mastodons of retailing

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Recent Examples of mastodons According to this theory, those now-extinct megafauna—the giant ground sloths and the giant beavers, the mastodons and mammoths, and even the lions and dire wolves—were relatively quickly hunted to extinction. — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026 Other species recovered from the cave, including mastodons and ground sloths, are rare in the region. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2026 Ground sloths and mastodons are linked to forest habitats. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mastodons
  1. whales
  2. dinosaurs
  3. giants
  4. mammoths
  5. monsters
  6. elephants
Noun
  • These trips also have plenty of opportunities to see whales, orcas, and other sea life, with scenic cruising in the Alexander Archipelago’s Frederick Sound.
    — Scott Laird, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Four other whales from that transport were brought to the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago.
    — Jared Ochacher, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of whales
Noun
  • Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor and a pack of rogue dinosaurs won’t be able to catch the web-slinging Spider-Man at the top of box office charts.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The End of Oak Street is about a suburban neighborhood that comes under siege by dinosaurs.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of dinosaurs
Noun
  • Even before the Ukraine war, international shipping giants were skeptical and the route remains controversial.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Women execs were excited about this world-shifting moment in technology, and didn’t want another generation of tech giants to pass them by.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of giants
Noun
  • Woolly mammoths coexisted with early humans who hunted the cold-resistant herbivores for food and used their tusks and bones as tools.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • These results raise some questions about how Ice Age hunter-gatherers interacted with wooly mammoths.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 July 2026
Definition of mammoths
Noun
  • As creatures from Indonesian mythology emerge to threaten his students’ community, Chris and his pupils find their fight extends beyond monsters to their own inner struggles.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The viruses the researchers created are not Frankenstein’s monsters.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of monsters
Noun
  • Some visitors spent time walking through the herd, moving from one elephant to another.
    — Goodluck Ajeh, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Hippos, which are herbivores, are the third-largest land animal after elephants and white rhinos and can weigh as much as 8,000 pounds.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of elephants

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