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mammoth
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mam·moth  (mmth)
n.
1. Any of various large, hairy, extinct elephants of the genus Mammuthus, especially the woolly mammoth.
2. Something of great size.
adj.
Of enormous size; huge. See Synonyms at enormous.

[Obsolete Russian mamut, mamot.]

mammoth
Noun
a large extinct elephant with a hairy coat and long curved tusks
Adjective
gigantic [Russian mamot]

mammoth  (mmth)
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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.mammothmammoth - any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks
proboscis, trunk - a long flexible snout as of an elephant
elephant - five-toed pachyderm
genus Mammuthus, Mammuthus - extinct genus: mammoths
Mammuthus primigenius, northern mammoth, woolly mammoth - very hairy mammoth common in colder portions of the northern hemisphere
columbian mammoth, Mammuthus columbi - a variety of mammoth
Archidiskidon 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"
big, 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, elephantine, ginormous (informal) Brobdingnagian, humongous or humungous U.S. (slang) << OPPOSITE tiny
Translations

mammoth [ˈmæməθ] nmamut m
adjgigantesco
mammoth [ˈmæməθ] nmammouth m
adjgéant(e)monstre
mammoth [ˈmæməθ] nMammut nt
adj (task) → Mammut-
mammoth [ˈmæməθ] nmammut m inv
adjenorme, gigantesco/a

mammoth
n mammoth [ˈmӕməθ]
a large hairy elephant of a kind no longer found living. mammoet ماموث، فيل ضَخْم мамут mamut mammut das Mammut μαμούθ mamut mammut ماموت mammutti mammouth מָמוּתָה मैमथ gorostas mamut mamut mammút mammut マンモス 매머드 mamutas mamuts raksasa mammoet mammut mamut mamute mamut мамонт mamut mamut mamut mammut สัตว์ขนาดใหญ่ซึ่งสูญพันธุ์ไปแล้วประมาณ 10,000 ปี mamut 猛獁,毛象 мамонт قدیم زمانے کا ایک جسیم ہاتھی voi ma mút 犸,
adj
very large (and often very difficult) a mammoth project/task. reusagtig هائِل، ضَخْم огромен mamutí kæmpe Mammut-... τεράστιος,πελώριος gigantesco, descomunal, inmenso mammut- عظیم jättimäinen géant עֲנָקִי विशाल golem óriási raksasa gríðarstór gigantesco 巨大な 거대한 didžiulis, milžiniškas milzīgs raksasa reusachtig diger, kjempestor, uhyre gigantyczny, olbrzymi gigantesco gigantic, uriaş гигантский mamutí velikanski mamutski kolossal, mastodont- มหึมา dev gibi 巨大的 велетенський جسیم، زبردست đồ sộ


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