Word: mastodon
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...mastodon with dreadful tusks
...this method of examination a fair test of the ability and knowledge of a student? Though a naturalist may be able to construct the whole mastodon, given the jaw-bone, it is respectfully submitted that it is impossible to acquire a correct conception of a student's knowledge of a wide subject, from the minuteness of his knowledge in one of the minor details...