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Wiktionary
n. Any of the extinct proboscideans of the family Gomphotheriidae, that lived in North America and Eurasia during the Miocene and Pliocene (12—1.6 million years ago), and latterly also in South America (around 3 million to 9100 years ago).
WordNet
n. extinct elephants of Central American and South America; of the Miocene and Pleistocene
Wikipedia
Gomphotheres are any members of the diverse, extinct taxonomic family Gomphotheriidae. Gomphotheres were superficially elephant-like proboscideans. They were widespread in North America during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs, 12–1.6 million years ago. Some lived in parts of Eurasia, Beringia, and following the Great American Interchange, South America. Beginning about 5 million years ago, they were gradually replaced by modern elephants, apart from last two South American genera, of which Cuvieronius did not become extinct until possibly as recently as 9,100 BP, and Stegomastodon fossils have been dated to as recently as 6,060 BP in the Valle del Magdalena, Colombia. These gomphotheres also survived in Mexico and Central America until the end of the Pleistocene.
The name "gomphothere" comes from Ancient Greek γόμφος, "peg, pin; wedge; joint" plus θηρίον, "beast".
Usage examples of "gomphothere".
Bulky, round, it might have been an infant gomphothere, perhaps felled by a chasma.
He could even see the corpse of that infant gomphothere, still lying on the ground.
Another family was the shovel-tuskers like these gomphotheres, with their hugely expanded and flattened lower tusks.