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The definition of a mammoth is an extinct elephant from the Pleistocene epoch that had curved tusks and a sloping back.

(noun)

A large extinct furry elephant type animal is an example of a wooly mammoth.

Mammoth is defined as something huge.

(adjective)

When you make a really, really big mistake, this is an example of a mistake that would be described as a mammoth mistake.

See mammoth in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct elephants with a hairy skin and long tusks curving upward: remains have been found in North America, Europe, and Asia

Origin: altered < Russ mamont, mammot < Yakut mamont, prob. < mama, earth: from the notion that the animal had burrowed in the ground

adjective

very big; huge; enormous

See mammoth in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Any of various large, hairy, extinct elephants of the genus Mammuthus, especially the woolly mammoth.
Something of great size.

adjective

Of enormous size; huge. See Synonyms at enormous.

Origin:

Origin: Obsolete Russian mamut, mamot

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