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Mammoth

//ˈmæməθ// adj, noun

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Adjective

1
Comparable to a mammoth in its size; very large, huge, gigantic.
"I recieved [sic] from the persons to whom the inclosed is directed, a present of a quarter of a Mammoth-veal which at 115. days old weighed 438. lb."

Adjective

1
so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth wordnet

Noun

1
Any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus, of large, usually hairy, elephant-like mammals with long curved tusks and an inclined back, which became extinct with the last retreat of ice age glaciers during the late Pleistocene period, and are known from fossils, frozen carcasses, and Paleolithic cave paintings found in North America and Eurasia.
"Maimanto, as they say a sea elephant which is never seene, but accordinge to the Samuites he workes himselfe under grownde and so they finde his teeth or homes or bones in Pechore and Nova Zemla of which they […]"
2
any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks wordnet
3
A mastodon. obsolete
"Many of our readers will remember the skeleton of the American mammoth, now the Mastodonton, being exhibited in London by Mr. Rembrandt Peale."
4
Something very large of its kind. figuratively
"The last load, as we Yankees say, was a "Mammoth": […] producing an aggregate of nearly twelve cords."
5
A kind of large donkey.
"Mammoths are taller than 54 inches. Each can carry up to 25% of its weight in combined tack, supplies, and rider."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From obsolete Russian ма́мант (mámant), modern ма́монт (mámont), probably from a Uralic word, such as Proto-Mansi *mān-oŋt (“earth horn”). Possibly influenced by behemoth. Adjectival use was popularized in the early 1800s by references to the Cheshire Mammoth Cheese presented to American paleontologist and president Thomas Jefferson.

Etymology 2

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