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–noun

1.	any large, elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Mammuthus, from the Pleistocene Epoch, having hairy skin and ridged molar teeth.

–adjective

2.	immensely large; huge; enormous: a mammoth organization.

[Origin: 1690–1700; < Russ mam(m)ot (now mámont), first used in reference to remains of the animal found in Siberia; orig. uncert.

]

—Synonyms 2. See gigantic.

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mam·moth Audio Help (mām'əth) Pronunciation Key
n.

Any of various large, hairy, extinct elephants of the genus Mammuthus, especially the woolly mammoth.
Something of great size.

adj. Of enormous size; huge. See Synonyms at enormous.

[Obsolete Russian mamut, mamot.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
mammoth

1706, from Rus. mammot', probably from Ostyak (a Finno-Ugric language of northern Russia, cf. Finnish maa "earth"). Because the remains were dug from the earth, the animal was believed to root like a mole. The adj. is 1802 in Amer.Eng., in reference to the beasts' enormous size.

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mammoth
adjective
1.	so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth; "a gigantic redwood"; "gigantic disappointment"; "a mammoth ship"; "a mammoth multinational corporation" [syn: gigantic]
noun
1.	any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
mammoth [ˈmӕməθ] noun

a large hairy elephant of a kind no longer found living

Arabic:	ماموث، فيل ضَخْم
Chinese (Simplified):	猛犸,毛象
Chinese (Traditional):	猛獁,毛象
Czech:	mamut
Danish:	mammut
Dutch:	mammoet
Estonian:	mammut
Finnish:	mammutti
French:	mammouth
German:	das Mammut
Greek:	μαμούθ
Hungarian:	mamut
Icelandic:	mammút
Indonesian:	mamut
Italian:	mammut

Japanese:	マンモス
Korean:	매머드
Latvian:	mamuts
Lithuanian:	mamutas
Norwegian:	mammut
Polish:	mamut
Portuguese (Brazil):	mamute
Portuguese (Portugal):	mamute
Romanian:	mamut
Russian:	мамонт
Slovak:	mamut
Slovenian:	mamut
Spanish:	mamut
Swedish:	mammut
Turkish:	mamut

mammoth [ˈmӕməθ] adjective

very large (and often very difficult)
Example: a mammoth project/task

Arabic:	هائِل، ضَخْم
Chinese (Simplified):	巨大的
Chinese (Traditional):	巨大的
Czech:	mamutí
Danish:	kæmpe
Dutch:	reusachtig
Estonian:	mammut-
Finnish:	jättimäinen
French:	géant
German:	Mammut-…
Hungarian:	óriási
Icelandic:	gríðarstór
Indonesian:	raksasa
Italian:	gigantesco
Japanese:	巨大な

Korean:	거대한
Latvian:	milzīgs
Lithuanian:	didžiulis, milžiniškas
Norwegian:	diger, kjempestor, uhyre
Polish:	gigantyczny, olbrzymi
Portuguese (Brazil):	gigantesco
Portuguese (Portugal):	gigantesco
Romanian:	gigantic, uriaş
Russian:	гигантский
Slovak:	mamutí
Slovenian:	velikanski
Spanish:	gigantesco, descomunal, inmenso
Swedish:	kolossal, mastodont-
Turkish:	dev gibi

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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.

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Mammoth Spring, AR (city, FIPS 43670) Location: 36.49413 N, 91.54470 W
Population (1990): 1097 (557 housing units)
Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 72554

Mammoth Lakes, CA (town, FIPS 45358) Location: 37.62782 N, 118.99018 W
Population (1990): 4785 (7102 housing units)
Area: 63.8 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water)

Mammoth Cave Nat, KY Zip code(s): 42259

Mammoth, AZ (town, FIPS 43990) Location: 32.72151 N, 110.64350 W
Population (1990): 1845 (673 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 85618

Mammoth, WV Zip code(s): 25132

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Mammoth

Mam"moth\, n. [Russ. m[^a]mont, m['a]mant, 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.] (Zo["o]l.) An extinct, hairy, maned elephant (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.

Note: 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.

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Mammoth

Mam"moth\, a. Resembling the mammoth in size; very large; gigantic; as, a mammoth ox.

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