Etymology

incognitum

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Today it means: An American mammoth or mastodon, especially when presumed extant. Full definition →

Latin incognitum
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromincognitum“unknown”
  2. English todayincognitum

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

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