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mammoth
(encz) | mammoth,mamut n: Zdeněk Brož |
mammoth
(encz) | mammoth,mamutí Zdeněk Brož |
Mammoth
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
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Mammoth
(gcide) | Mammoth \Mam"moth\ (m[a^]m"m[o^]th), a.
Resembling the mammoth in size; very large; gigantic; as, a
mammoth ox.
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mammoth
(wn) | 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 |
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columbian mammoth
(encz) | columbian mammoth, n: |
imperial mammoth
(encz) | imperial mammoth, n: |
mammothermography
(encz) | mammothermography, n: |
northern mammoth
(encz) | northern mammoth, n: |
woolly mammoth
(encz) | woolly mammoth, n: |
Mammoth
(gcide) | 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]Mammoth \Mam"moth\ (m[a^]m"m[o^]th), a.
Resembling the mammoth in size; very large; gigantic; as, a
mammoth ox.
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mammothrept
(gcide) | mammothrept \mam"mo*thrept\ (m[a^]m"m[-o]*thr[e^]pt), n. [Gr.
mammo`qreptos; ma`mma grandmother + tre`pein to nourish.]
A child brought up by its grandmother; a spoiled child. [R.]
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O, you are a more mammothrept in judgment. --B. Jonson.
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columbian mammoth
(wn) | columbian mammoth
n 1: a variety of mammoth [syn: columbian mammoth, {Mammuthus
columbi}] |
imperial mammoth
(wn) | imperial mammoth
n 1: largest known mammoth; of America [syn: imperial mammoth,
imperial elephant, Archidiskidon imperator] |
mammoth cave national park
(wn) | Mammoth Cave National Park
n 1: a national park in Kentucky having a large cavern and an
underground river |
mammothermography
(wn) | mammothermography
n 1: the use of thermography to detect breast tumors (which
appear as hot spots) |
northern mammoth
(wn) | northern mammoth
n 1: very hairy mammoth common in colder portions of the
northern hemisphere [syn: woolly mammoth, {northern
mammoth}, Mammuthus primigenius] |
woolly mammoth
(wn) | woolly mammoth
n 1: very hairy mammoth common in colder portions of the
northern hemisphere [syn: woolly mammoth, {northern
mammoth}, Mammuthus primigenius] |
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