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th] Pronunciation Key | 1. | any large, elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Mammuthus, from the Pleistocene Epoch, having hairy skin and ridged molar teeth. |
| 2. | immensely large; huge; enormous: a mammoth organization. |
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adj. Of enormous size; huge. See Synonyms at enormous. [Obsolete Russian mamut, mamot.] |
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| 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] |
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| 1. | any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks |
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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
| U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau |
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Mammoth
Mam"moth\, a. Resembling the mammoth in size; very large; gigantic; as, a mammoth ox.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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