mastodon means A decentralized microblogging platform, part of the Fediverse. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.
mastodon is pronounced /ˈmæs.tə.dɒn/.
name
- A decentralized microblogging platform, part of the Fediverse.“However, the underlying design of platforms within [The Free Network] such as Mastodon, Diaspora and others ... opens the door to security and harassment problems.”
noun
- Extinct elephant-like mammal of the genus †Mammut that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differs from elephants and mammoths in the form of the molar teeth.“When, exactly, Europeans first stumbled upon the bones of an American mastodon is unclear. An isolated molar unearthed in a field in upstate New York was sent off to London in 1705; it was labeled the “tooth of a Giant”.”
- Anything awkwardly large or unwieldy.“The battery is dying, and Natalia's iPhone charger doesn't fit my mastodon of a phone anyway.”
- A nickname for both the 4-8-0 and (though erroneously) the 4-10-0 train configurations.