mammoth

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.

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[Obsolete Russian mamut, mamot.]

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mammoth [ˈmæməθ]

n

(Earth Sciences / Palaeontology) (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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 tusks

adj

of gigantic size or importance

[from Russian mamot, from Tatar mamont, perhaps from mamma earth, because of a belief that the animal made burrows]

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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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mammoth - 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" gigantic 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"

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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

Translations

mammoth [ˈmæməθ]

A. N (Zool) → mamut m

B. ADJ → descomunal, gigante

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mammoth [ˈmæməθ]

n (= animal) → mammouth m

modif [tusk, skull] → de mammouth

adj (= huge) → colossal(e), monstre
a mammoth task → un travail monstre

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mammoth

n → Mammut nt

adj → Mammut-; cost, enterprise → kolossal; change → gewaltig; proportions → riesig; a mammoth task → eine Mammutaufgabe, eine kolossale Aufgabe

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mammoth [ˈmæməθ]

1. n → mammut m inv

2. adj → colossale, mostruoso/a, enorme, gigantesco/a

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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 猛犸,毛象

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 巨大的

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mammoth → ضخم, ماموث mamut, mamutí kæmpe, mammut Mammut, riesig μαμούθ, πελώριος colosal, mamut jättiläiskokoinen, mammutti gigantesque, mammouth golem, mamut gigantesco, mammut マンモス, 巨大な 거대한, 매머드 mammoet, mammoet- diger, mammut gigantyczny, mamut imenso, mamute гигантский, мамонт kolossal, mammut มหึมา, สัตว์ขนาดใหญ่คล้ายช้างขนยาว งาโค้งยาวสูญพันธุ์ไปแล้ว devasa, mamut khổng lồ, voi mamút 巨大的, 庞然大物