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mammoth

[mam-uhth]

noun

  1. any large, elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Mammuthus, from the Pleistocene Epoch, having hairy skin and ridged molar teeth.



adjective

  1. immensely large; huge; enormous.

    a mammoth organization.

mammoth

/ ˈæəθ /

noun

  1. any large extinct elephant of the Pleistocene genus Mammuthus (or Elephas ), such as M. primigenius ( woolly mammoth ), having a hairy coat and long curved tusks

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adjective

  1. of gigantic size or importance

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mammoth

  1. Any of various extinct elephants of the genus Mammuthus, having long, upwardly curving tusks and thick hair. Mammoths grew to great size and lived throughout the Northern Hemisphere during the Ice Age.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mammoth1

1690–1700; < Russian mam(m)ot (now áDzԳ ), first used in reference to remains of the animal found in Siberia; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mammoth1

C18: from Russian mamot, from Tatar mamont, perhaps from mamma earth, because of a belief that the animal made burrows
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A mammoth fourth game saw seven deuces and Maria saving two break points for 3-1, before a brilliant scamper to a drop shot in the next allowed her to go a double break up.

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It is quite difficult to get your head around the numbers involved in the mammoth project to build a new nuclear power plant.

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Their starting pitcher struggled, with Tony Gonoslin giving up four home runs in the first four innings — including a mammoth blast from Judge two batters into the game — to hand the Yankees a 5-2 lead.

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As he points out, Colossal's chief science officer, Beth Shapiro, has written a book called “How to Clone a Mammoth,” but has been clear she does not, in fact, believe you can clone a mammoth.

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County, which has a roughly $48-billion budget, has said it will pay for the mammoth settlement by taking out bonds and draining its rainy day fund.

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