mammoth
any large, elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Mammuthus, from the Pleistocene Epoch, having hairy skin and ridged molar teeth.
immensely large; huge; enormous: a mammoth organization.
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How to use mammoth in a sentence
At the bottom, several trails converged beneath a mammoth sandstone outcropping.
A day’s drive from Chicago, exploring a very different Illinois | Carson Vaughan | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostThe Times is a mammoth news organization of roughly 1,700 journalists.
New York Times bails on intent-neutral standard when discussing epithets | Erik Wemple | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostTo be sure, mammoth additions like this have happened before.
Tesla’s addition to the S&P 500 on Monday could be a shock for these big name stocks | Lee Clifford | December 21, 2020 | FortuneThat was when she first heard of Wrangel Island, a dot in the Arctic Ocean north of Siberia thought to be the last place on earth where woolly mammoth had survived.
That residue must have been acquired by pounding apart mammoth bones that were found scattered around the stones, the team argues.
Two stones fuel debate over when America’s first settlers arrived | Bruce Bower | December 4, 2020 | Science News
And then when you want something satisfying, splash out a few dollars for a mammoth cupcake.
An army of Wildlings, some giants, and a woolly mammoth or two?
Team USA Goalie Tim Howard Goes Viral: All the Best Memes | Melissa Leon | July 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was absolutely mammoth—a mammoth task—and one that took an awful lot of preparation.
Game of Thrones’ Gwendoline Christie on Brienne of Tarth’s Epic S4 Finale Showdown with The Hound | Marlow Stern | June 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe fact that a mammoth celebrity felt so threatened by the mere implication of male-on-male intimacy is undeniably interesting.
An Analysis of Vitalii Sediuk’s Pranks (He’s the Guy Who Touched Brad Pitt) | Amy Zimmerman | May 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRockefeller Republicans have long gone the way of the woolly mammoth.
Tom Petri's Primary Challenge May Mark End Of Rockefeller Republicanism | Ben Jacobs | April 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn its foreground was a mammoth tree, shading the gables of a stone cottage; a ruined wall, half smothered by vines.
A Fortune Hunter; Or, The Old Stone Corral | John Dunloe CarteretInspired by a sense of deficiency, the doctor says that the visit to the mammoth Cave terminated without any further incident.
Devil-Worship in France | Arthur Edward WaiteTelegraph poles reared only their cross-arms above the mammoth drifts.
The White Desert | Courtney Ryley CooperThat was the great show: after that, mammoth cucumbers and carrots or rows of agricultural implements did not detain us long.
It was a well-executed wood-cut, showing a dingue in the foreground and, to give scale, a mammoth in the middle distance.
In Search of the Unknown | Robert W. Chambers
British Dictionary definitions for mammoth
/ (ˈmæməθ) /
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
of gigantic size or importance
Origin of mammoth
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Scientific definitions for mammoth
[ măm′əth ]
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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