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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks;


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth;
- Example: "a gigantic redwood"
- Example: "gigantic disappointment"
- Example: "a mammoth ship"
- Example: "a mammoth multinational corporation"
[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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
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