Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Mammoth"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mammoth \Mam"moth\, 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.] (Zo["o]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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (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" [syn: {gigantic}]
n : any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the
Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long
upcurved tusks
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