mammoth
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mam·moth
(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.
[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)n
1. (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 tusks
2. (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
[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.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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 |
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, 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
little, small, minute, tiny, miniature, trivial, insignificant, diminutive, puny
mammoth
nounadjective
Of 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
мамут
mamutmamutí
mammutkæmpe
mammuttijättiläiskokoinen
golemmamut
mamut
mammut
gríîarstórmammút
マンモス巨大な
매머드엄청난
mamutas
mamutsmilzīgs
mamutí
mamut
mamutмамут
mammutkolossal
มหึมา
мамонт
khổng lồvoi mamút
mammoth
(ˈmӕməθ) noun a large hairy elephant of a kind no longer found living.
adjective very large (and often very difficult). a mammoth project/task.