mammoth

  • 21mammoth — mam|moth1 [ mæməθ ] adjective very large: a mammoth task mammoth mam|moth 2 [ mæməθ ] noun count an animal similar to an elephant with long hair that lived a very long time ago …

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  • 22mammoth — [18] Mammoth is a Russian contribution to English. The word was borrowed from early modern Russian mammot, an adaptation of Tatar mamont ‘earth’ (the reason for the animal being so named is that the first remains of mammoths to be found were dug… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 23mammoth — 1 adjective (only before noun) extremely large: a mammoth task | a mammoth corporation 2 noun (C) a large hairy elephant that lived on Earth thousands of years ago …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 24mammoth — [ˈmæməθ] adj I very big a mammoth task/corporation[/ex] II noun [C] mammoth [ˈmæməθ] an animal similar to an elephant with long hair that lived a very long time ago …

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  • 25mammoth — [18] Mammoth is a Russian contribution to English. The word was borrowed from early modern Russian mammot, an adaptation of Tatar mamont ‘earth’ (the reason for the animal being so named is that the first remains of mammoths to be found were dug… …

    Word origins

  • 26mammoth — I. noun Etymology: Russian mamont, mamot Date: 1706 1. any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 27mammoth — 1. noun /ˈmæməθ/ a) A large, hairy, extinct elephant like mammal of the taxonomic genus Mammuthus. b) Something very large of its kind. 2. adjective /ˈmæməθ/ Very large. “Ha! ha!” he proudly cried, “a fig / For this, your mammoth torso! / Just… …

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  • 28mammoth — adj. Mammoth is used with these nouns: ↑proportion, ↑task …

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  • 29mammoth — Synonyms and related words: Atlantean, Brobdingnagian, Cyclopean, Gargantuan, Herculean, Homeric, Jumbo, abysmal, ammonite, amplitudinous, ankylosaur, archaeohippus, archaeotherium, archelon, arthrodiran, astronomic, astronomical, aurochs,… …

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  • 30Mammoth — Original name in latin Mammoth Name in other language State code US Continent/City America/Phoenix longitude 32.72257 latitude 110.64065 altitude 716 Population 2427 Date 2013 03 15 …

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