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    Mam·moth
    /ˈmaməTH/

    noun

    • 1. a large extinct elephant of the Pleistocene epoch, typically hairy with a sloping back and long curved tusks.

    adjective

    • 1. huge: "a mammoth corporation"
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  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › mammothMammoth Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Learn the origin, synonyms, and usage of the word mammoth, which refers to an extinct genus of elephants with large tusks and body hair. See examples of mammoth in a sentence and compare it with other terms such as behemoth and colossus.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishMAMMOTH | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Mammoth is an adjective that means extremely large, such as cleaning up a city-wide mess or building a huge construction project. It can also be a noun that refers to a type of large elephant, now extinct, that was covered in hair and had tusks. See synonyms, examples and translations of mammoth.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › mammoth-MAMMOTH Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    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 adjective of gigantic size or importance

  6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definitionmammoth noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage ...

    A mammoth is a large, hairy animal that lived in the past and is now extinct. Learn how to pronounce, spell and use the word mammoth in sentences with the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › MammothMammoth - Wikipedia

    A mammoth is any species of the extinct elephantid genus Mammuthus. They lived from the late Miocene epoch (from around 6.2 million years ago) into the Holocene about 4,000 years ago, and various species existed in Africa, Europe, Asia, and North America.

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  9. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › mammothMammoth - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    noun. any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks. see more. adjective. so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth. “a mammoth ship” “a mammoth multinational corporation” synonyms: gigantic. big, large.

  10. dictionary.cambridge.org › learner-english › mammothmammoth | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

    Definition of mammoth – Learner’s Dictionary. mammoth. adjective. uk / ˈmæməθ / us. Add to word list. very large: a mammoth task / project. (Definition of mammoth from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of mammoth. in Chinese (Traditional) 巨大的, 龐大的, 猛獁（象），毛象（現已絕種）… See more. in Chinese (Simplified)

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