mammoth

mammothwoolly mammoth Mammuthus primigenius

mam·moth

M0069300 (măm′əth)n.1. Any of various extinct elephants of the genus Mammuthus of the Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene Epochs, having ridged molars and often, as in the woolly mammoth, long tusks and hair.2. Something that is of great size.adj.1. Of enormous size, extent, or amount; huge. See Synonyms at enormous.2. Of great scope or importance: mammoth expectations.

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[Ultimately (perhaps influenced by behemoth) from Russian mamont, mamot, probably from earlier Mansi (Ugric language of western Siberia) *mān-oŋt- : *mān, earth (akin to modern Mansi mā-, earth, as in mā-xar, mammoth (literally, "earth stag")) + *oŋt-, horn (in reference to fossil mammoth tusks).]

mammoth

(ˈmæməθ) n1. (Palaeontology) any large extinct elephant of the Pleistocene genus Mammuthus (or Elephas), such as M. primigenius (woolly mammoth), having a hairy coat and long curved tusks2. (Animals) any large extinct elephant of the Pleistocene genus Mammuthus (or Elephas), such as M. primigenius (woolly mammoth), having a hairy coat and long curved tusksadjof gigantic size or importance[C18: from Russian mamot, from Tatar mamont, perhaps from mamma earth, because of a belief that the animal made burrows]

mam•moth

(ˈmæm əθ)

n. 1. any extinct true elephant of the family Elephantidae, esp. of the Pleistocene genus Mammuthus. Compare mastodon. 2. anything very large. adj. 3. very large; enormous. [1690–1700; < Russian mam(m)ot; orig. uncertain] syn: See gigantic.

mam·moth

(măm′əth) Any of various extinct elephants of very large size that had long, upwardly curving tusks and thick hair. Mammoths lived throughout the Northern Hemisphere during the Ice Age.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mammoth - any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusksproboscis, trunk - a long flexible snout as of an elephantelephant - five-toed pachydermgenus Mammuthus, Mammuthus - extinct genus: mammothsMammuthus primigenius, northern mammoth, woolly mammoth - very hairy mammoth common in colder portions of the northern hemispherecolumbian mammoth, Mammuthus columbi - a variety of mammothArchidiskidon imperator, imperial elephant, imperial mammoth - largest known mammoth; of America
Adj.	1.	mammoth - so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth; "a gigantic redwood"; "gigantic disappointment"; "a mammoth ship"; "a mammoth multinational corporation"giganticbig, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"

mammoth

adjective colossal, huge, giant, massive, vast, enormous, mighty, immense, titanic, jumbo (informal), gigantic, monumental, mountainous, stellar (informal), prodigious, stupendous, gargantuan, fuck-off (offensive taboo slang), elephantine, ginormous (informal), Brobdingnagian, humongous or humungous (U.S. slang) The mammoth undertaking was completed in 18 months.
little, small, minute, tiny, miniature, trivial, insignificant, diminutive, puny

mammoth

nounOne that is extraordinarily large and powerful:behemoth, giant, Goliath, jumbo, leviathan, monster, titan.Slang: whopper.adjectiveOf extraordinary size and power:behemoth, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, herculean, heroic, huge, immense, jumbo, massive, massy, mastodonic, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, pythonic, stupendous, titanic, tremendous, vast.Informal: walloping.Slang: whopping.

Translations

巨大的猛犸长毛象

mammoth

(ˈmӕməθ) noun a large hairy elephant of a kind no longer found living. 長毛象 猛犸，长毛象 adjective very large (and often very difficult). a mammoth project/task. 巨大的(且通常非常困難的) 巨大的

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