Mammoth (2008 film)
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
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Etymology


From obsolete мамант (modern мамонт), probably from Old Vogul *mēmoŋt ‘earth-horn’ (compare Mansi ‘earth’, ou̯tə ‘horn’).

Noun



  1. A large, hairy, extinct elephant-like mammal. Scientific name: Mammuthus.
  2. Something very large of its kind.

Synonyms

colossal, enormous, gigantic, huge, titanic
  • See also Wikisaurus:gigantic
 
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