mammoth : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: mammoth	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for mammoth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mammoth adj so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth; "a gigantic redwood"; "gigantic disappointment"; "a mammoth ship"; "a mammoth multinational corporation" Synonym(s): gigantic, mammoth n any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mammoth \Mam"moth\, n. [Russ. m[83]mont, m[a0]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.] (Zo[94]l.) An extinct, hairy, maned elephant ({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. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mammoth \Mam"moth\, a. Resembling the mammoth in size; very large; gigantic; as, a mammoth ox.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Mammoth, AZ (town, FIPS 43990) Location: 32.72151 N, 110.64350 W Population (1990): 1845 (673 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 85618 Mammoth, WV Zip code(s): 25132