Mastodon

mastodon Translingual Etymology Coined by French naturalist Georges Cuvier, from mul masto- breast -odon, due to the mammilloid (nipple-like) projections on the crowns of the extinct mammal's molars. Proper noun 1 m mul archaic genus family Mammutidae mastodon, a type of mammoth; replaced by Mammut genus References 1 1 1 mul Taxonomic names (obsolete) English + (social network) Etymology See en mastodon. Pronunciation en /ˈmæs.tə.dɒn/ RP en /ˈmæs.tə.dɑn/ /-dən/ GA en æstədɒn æstədən 3 en Mas to don Proper noun en social media A decentralized microblogging platform, part of the Fediverse. en 2020 Kevin Veale Gaming the Dynamics of Online Harassment Springer International Publishing 9783030604097 113 However, the underlying design of platforms within [The Free Network] such as Mastodon, Diaspora and others ... opens the door to security and harassment problems. en 2022-11-09 Amanda Hoover Twitter Users Have Caused a Mastodon Meltdown https://web.archive.org/web/20221109121400/https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-users-mastodon-meltdown/ Since Musk bought the bird app last month, users are looking for ways to access Mastodon, the open source microblogging platform that isn’t quite Twitter but seems to be the closest thing to it, and they’re signing up for its many servers in droves. Derived terms en John Mastodon Masto Mastodonian mastocel -stodon Translations decentralized online microblogging platform Amharic: am ማስቶዶን Arabic: ar مَاسْتُودُون Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 長毛象, cmn 萬象, cmn 毛象 Dutch: nl Mastodon French: fr Mastodon German: de Mastodon n Greek: el μαστόδοντας Hebrew: he מסטודון Japanese: ja マストドン Masutodon Korean: ko 마스토돈 Maseutodon Thai: th มาสโตดอน See also en toot Noun A nickname for both the 4-8-0 and (though erroneously) the 4-10-0 train configurations. en Fediverse Rail transportation French Pronunciation fr /mastɔdɔn/ fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-Mastodon.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>) Proper noun fr social media en Mastodon fr Masto fr Fediverse German Pronunciation de /ˈmastodɔn/ de De-Mastodon.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun n,s,Mastodonten mastodon (Mammut genus) Declension n,s,Mastodonten Further reading