6 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Mammoth \Mam"moth\ (m[a^]m"m[o^]th), a. Resembling the mammoth in size; very large; gigantic; as, a mammoth ox. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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 From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 123 Moby Thesaurus words for "mammoth": Atlantean, Brobdingnagian, Cyclopean, Gargantuan, Herculean, Homeric, Jumbo, abysmal, ammonite, amplitudinous, ankylosaur, archaeohippus, archaeotherium, archelon, arthrodiran, astronomic, astronomical, aurochs, awesome, bothriolepis, boundless, brachiosaur, brontops, brontothere, bulky, coccostean, coelodont, colossal, compsognathus, coryphodon, cosmic, cotylosaur, creodont, crossopterygian, cynodictis, diatryma, dimetrodon, dinichthyid, dinosaur, dinothere, diplodocus, duck-billed dinosaur, edaphosaurid, elasmosaur, elephant, elephantine, enormous, epic, eryopsid, eurypterid, extensive, galactic, gargantuan, giant, giant sloth, giantlike, gigantic, glyptodont, hadrosaur, hathi, heroic, hippo, hippopotamus, huge, immeasurable, immense, infinite, jumbo, king-size, large, leviathan, massive, massy, mastodon, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, outsize, overgrown, pachyderm, palaeodictyopteron, palaeoniscid, palaeophis, palaeosaur, palaeospondylus, pelycosaur, phytosaur, plesiosaur, prodigious, profound, protoceratops, protylopus, pteranodon, pteraspid, pterichthys, pterodactyl, pterosaur, rhino, rhinoceros, river horse, sauropod, scelidosaur, sizable, smilodon, spacious, stupendous, titanic, titanosaur, towering, trachodon, tremendous, triceratops, trilobite, tyrannosaur, uintathere, urus, vast, voluminous, weighty, whale, woolly mammoth 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 From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]: Mammoth, AZ -- U.S. town in Arizona Population (2000): 1762 Housing Units (2000): 697 Land area (2000): 1.083314 sq. miles (2.805770 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.083314 sq. miles (2.805770 sq. km) FIPS code: 43990 Located within: Arizona (AZ), FIPS 04 Location: 32.722140 N, 110.644209 W ZIP Codes (1990): 85618 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Mammoth, AZ Mammoth
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