mammoth

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Noun

1. Any species of the extinct [[genus]] {{taxfmt|Mammuthus|genus}}, of large, usually hairy, [[elephant]]-like mammals with long curved tusks and an inclined back, which became extinct with the last retreat of [[ice age]] [[glacier]]s during the late [[Pleistocene]] period, and are known from fossils, frozen [[carcass]]es, and [[Paleolithic]] cave paintings found in North America and Eurasia.
2. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[mastodon]].
3. {{lb|en|figuratively}} Something very large of its kind.
4. A kind of [[large]] [[donkey]].

Adjective

1. Comparable to a mammoth in its size; very large, huge, gigantic.

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