English Explanatory Dictionary

incognitum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An American mammoth or mastodon, especially when presumed extant.

Word forms

incognitum incognita

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incognitum (“unknown”). Coined by William Hunter.

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