Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mammoth \Mam"moth\ (m[a^]m"m[o^]th), 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.] (Zool.)
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.
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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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mammoth \Mam"moth\ (m[a^]m"m[o^]th), a.
Resembling the mammoth in size; very large; gigantic; as, a
mammoth ox.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mammoth
adj 1: so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant
or mammoth; "a gigantic redwood"; "gigantic
disappointment"; "a mammoth ship"; "a mammoth
multinational corporation" [syn: {gigantic}, {mammoth}]
n 1: any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the
Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long
upcurved tusks
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