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Wondrous Word Wednesday is hosted by Kathy of BermudaOnion
From the poem Docks by Carl Sandburg
Strolling along
By the teeming docks,
I watch the ships put out.
Black ships that heave and lunge
And move like mastodons
Arising from lethargic sleep.....
mastodons
n.
Any of several very large, extinct proboscidian mammals of the genus Mammut (sometimes Mastodon), resembling the elephant but having molar teeth of a different structure.
[New Latin Mastodōn, genus name : Greek mastos, breast, nipple + Greek odōn, odont-, tooth (from the nipple-shaped protrusions on the crowns of its molars).]
mastodonic mas'to·don'ic adj.
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9 comments:
I guess it's related to mastodon!
This one is new one to me....
Here are my words
Thank you! I can take this one to the zoo or Alaska???
http://readwithtea.blogspot.com/2009/11/wondrous-words.html
I think of an elephant whenever I see this word; I guess I was close.
That's a great word this week!
I think I remember this from when my son was in school. Thanks for participating!
I like both the poem and your new word.
It really helps to understand what Mastadon means when you read that poem. Thanks for sharing.
That's a lovely poem - thanks for posting it.
My words are here.
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