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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Mammoth

/(măm"mŏth)/ · Mam·moth · IPA /ˈmæməθ/
01 n. An extinct, hairy, maned elephant (Mammuthus primigenius formerly Elephas primigenius), of enormous size, remains of which are found in the…
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    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.(Zool.)
02 a. Resembling the mammoth in size; very large; gigantic; as, a mammoth ox.
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    Resembling the mammoth in size; very large; gigantic; as, a mammoth ox.