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[syn: gigantic, mammoth]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mammoth \Mam"moth\ (m[a^]m"m[o^]th), 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.] (Zool.)
An extinct, hairy, maned elephant (Mammuthus primigenius
formerly 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.
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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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mammoth \Mam"moth\ (m[a^]m"m[o^]th), a.
Resembling the mammoth in size; very large; gigantic; as, a
mammoth ox.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mammoth
adj 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, mammoth]
n 1: any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the
Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long
upcurved tusks
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
123 Moby Thesaurus words for "mammoth":
Atlantean, Brobdingnagian, Cyclopean, Gargantuan, Herculean,
Homeric, Jumbo, abysmal, ammonite, amplitudinous, ankylosaur,
archaeohippus, archaeotherium, archelon, arthrodiran, astronomic,
astronomical, aurochs, awesome, bothriolepis, boundless,
brachiosaur, brontops, brontothere, bulky, coccostean, coelodont,
colossal, compsognathus, coryphodon, cosmic, cotylosaur, creodont,
crossopterygian, cynodictis, diatryma, dimetrodon, dinichthyid,
dinosaur, dinothere, diplodocus, duck-billed dinosaur,
edaphosaurid, elasmosaur, elephant, elephantine, enormous, epic,
eryopsid, eurypterid, extensive, galactic, gargantuan, giant,
giant sloth, giantlike, gigantic, glyptodont, hadrosaur, hathi,
heroic, hippo, hippopotamus, huge, immeasurable, immense, infinite,
jumbo, king-size, large, leviathan, massive, massy, mastodon,
mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, outsize,
overgrown, pachyderm, palaeodictyopteron, palaeoniscid, palaeophis,
palaeosaur, palaeospondylus, pelycosaur, phytosaur, plesiosaur,
prodigious, profound, protoceratops, protylopus, pteranodon,
pteraspid, pterichthys, pterodactyl, pterosaur, rhino, rhinoceros,
river horse, sauropod, scelidosaur, sizable, smilodon, spacious,
stupendous, titanic, titanosaur, towering, trachodon, tremendous,
triceratops, trilobite, tyrannosaur, uintathere, urus, vast,
voluminous, weighty, whale, woolly mammoth
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Mammoth, AZ -- U.S. town in Arizona
Population (2000): 1762
Housing Units (2000): 697
Land area (2000): 1.083314 sq. miles (2.805770 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.083314 sq. miles (2.805770 sq. km)
FIPS code: 43990
Located within: Arizona (AZ), FIPS 04
Location: 32.722140 N, 110.644209 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 85618
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Mammoth, AZ
Mammoth