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Definition of Gomphothere
1. Noun. Extinct elephants of Central American and South America; of the Miocene and Pleistocene.
Definition of Gomphothere
1. Noun. Any of several extinct proboscideans, of the family ''Gomphotheriidae'', from North America ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gomphothere
Literary usage of Gomphothere
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Additions to the Pleistocene Mammal Faunas of South Carolina, North Carolina by Albert E. Sanders (2002)
"... an upper right second molar of that gomphothere was collected from the Shallotte
quarry pit near Shallotte, Brunswick County, North Carolina by Cindy ..."