incognitum

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incognitum

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

noun incognita

archaic An American mammoth or mastodon, especially when presumed extant. When, as president, he dispatched Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to the Northwest, Jefferson hoped that they would come upon live incognita roaming its forests.

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@misc{incognitum_2026,
  title = {incognitum},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/incognitum},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}