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Mammoth Definition And Meaning
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.

Mammoth Definition And Meaning

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

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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