Mammoth
WordNet
adjective
(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"
noun
(2) Any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From obsolete мамант (modern мамонт), probably from Old Vogul *mēmoŋt ‘earth-horn’ (compare Mansi mā ‘earth’, ou̯tə ‘horn’).
Noun
- A large, hairy, extinct elephant-like mammal. Scientific name: Mammuthus.
- Something very large of its kind.
Synonyms
colossal, enormous, gigantic, huge, titanic- See also Wikisaurus:gigantic