mammoth

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: mam=moth

CIDE DICTIONARY

mammoth, n. [Russ. mâmont, mámant, 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.].

 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.  [1913 Webster]
" 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."  [1913 Webster]

mammoth, a. 

 Resembling the mammoth in size; very large; gigantic; as, a mammoth ox.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mammoth, n. & adj.
--n. any large extinct elephant of the genus Mammuthus, with a hairy coat and curved tusks.
--adj. huge.

Etymology

Russ. mamo(n)t

THESAURUS

mammoth

Atlantean, Brobdingnagian, Cyclopean, Gargantuan, Herculean, Homeric, Jumbo, abysmal, ammonite, amplitudinous, ankylosaur, archaeohippus, archaeotherium, archelon, arthrodiran, astronomic, astronomical, aurochs, awesome, bothriolepis, boundless, brachiosaur, brontops, brontothere, bulky, coccostean, coelodont, colossal, compsognathus, coryphodon, cosmic, cotylosaur, creodont, crossopterygian, 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, heroic, hippo, hippopotamus, 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

ROGET THESAURUS

mammoth

Size

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