About The Word Mammoth
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Mammoth
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What's The Definition Of Mammoth?
[n] any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks
[adj] so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth; "a gigantic redwood"; "gigantic disappointment"; "a mammoth ship"; "a mammoth multinational corporation" Synonyms | Synonyms for Mammoth: big | gigantic | large Related Terms | Find terms related to Mammoth: abysmal | ammonite | amplitudinous | ankylosaur | archaeohippus | archaeotherium | archelon | arthrodiran | astronomic | astronomical | Atlantean | aurochs | awesome | bothriolepis | boundless | brachiosaur | Brobdingnagian | brontops | brontothere | bulky | coccostean | coelodont | colossal | compsognathus | coryphodon | cosmic | cotylosaur | creodont | crossopterygian | Cyclopean | cynodictis | diatryma | dimetrodon | dinichthyid | dinosaur | dinothere | diplodocus | duck-billed dinosaur | edaphosaurid | elasmosaur | elephant | elephantine | enormous | epic | eryopsid | eurypterid | extensive | galactic | Gargantuan | giant | giant sloth | giantlike | gigantic | glyptodont | hadrosaur | hathi | Herculean | heroic | hippo | hippopotamus | Homeric | huge | immeasurable | immense | infinite | Jumbo | king-size | large | leviathan | massive | massy | mastodon | mighty | monster | monstrous | monumental | mountainous | outsize | overgrown | pachyderm | palaeodictyopteron | palaeoniscid | palaeophis | palaeosaur | palaeospondylus | pelycosaur | phytosaur | plesiosaur | prodigious | profound | protoceratops | protylopus | pteranodon | pteraspid | pterichthys | pterodactyl | pterosaur | rhino | rhinoceros | river horse | sauropod | scelidosaur | sizable | smilodon | spacious | stupendous | titanic | titanosaur | towering | trachodon | tremendous | triceratops | trilobite | tyrannosaur | uintathere | urus | vast | voluminous | weighty | whale | woolly mammoth See Also | Archidiskidon imperator | columbian mammoth | elephant | genus Mammuthus | imperial elephant | imperial mammoth | Mammuthus | Mammuthus columbi | Mammuthus primigenius | northern mammoth | woolly mammoth Mammoth In Webster's Dictionary \Mam"moth\, n. [Russ. m[^a]mont, m['a]mant, 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.] (Zo["o]l.)
An extinct, hairy, maned elephant ({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.
Note: 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.
\Mam"moth\, a. Resembling the mammoth in size; very large; gigantic; as, a mammoth ox. |
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