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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mammoth has 1 sense
- mammoth(n = noun.animal) Array - any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks; Array has parts: proboscis, trunk
is a kind of elephant
is a member of genus mammuthus, mammuthus
has particulars: mammuthus primigenius, northern mammoth, woolly mammoth, columbian mammoth, mammuthus columbi, archidiskidon imperator, imperial elephant, imperial mammoth
Derived form adjective mammoth1
Adjective mammoth has 1 sense
- mammoth(s = adj.all) gigantic - so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth; "a gigantic redwood"; "gigantic disappointment"; "a mammoth ship"; "a mammoth multinational corporation" Derived form noun mammoth1
CIDE DICTIONARY
mammoth, n. [Russ. mâmont, mámant, fr. Tartar mamma the earth. Certain Tartar races, the Tungooses and Yakoots, believed that the mammoth worked its way in the earth like a mole.].
An extinct, hairy, maned elephant (Mammuthus primigenius formerly Elephas primigenius ), of enormous size, remains of which are found in the northern parts of both continents. The last of the race, in Europe, were coeval with prehistoric man. [1913 Webster]
" Several specimens have been found in Siberia preserved entire, with the flesh and hair remaining. They were imbedded in the ice cliffs at a remote period, and became exposed by the melting of the ice."
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mammoth, a.
Resembling the mammoth in size; very large; gigantic; as, a mammoth ox. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mammoth, n. & adj.
--n. any large extinct elephant of the genus Mammuthus, with a hairy coat and curved tusks.
--adj. huge.
--n. any large extinct elephant of the genus Mammuthus, with a hairy coat and curved tusks.
--adj. huge.
Etymology
Russ. mamo(n)t
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mammoth
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