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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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