Lexic.us

Definition of Mammoth

1. Adjective. So exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth. "A mammoth multinational corporation"

2. Noun. Any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks.

Definition of Mammoth

1. n. 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.

2. a. Resembling the mammoth in size; very large; gigantic; as, a mammoth ox.

Definition of Mammoth

1. Noun. A large, hairy, extinct elephant-like mammal of the taxonomic genus Mammuthus. ¹

2. Noun. (figuratively) Something very large of its kind. ¹

3. Adjective. Very large. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mammoth

1. an extinct elephant [n -S]

Medical Definition of Mammoth

1. 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. 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. Origin: Russ. Mamont, mamant, 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mammoth

mammonisms mammonist mammonists mammonization mammonize mammons mammoplasties mammoplasty mammose mammosities

mammosity mammosomatotroph mammosphere mammospheres mammotest mammoth (current term) mammothermography mammothite mammothlike mammothrept

mammothrepts mammoths mammotomy mammotroph mammotrophic mammotrophin mammotrophs mammotropic factor mammotropic hormone mammy

Literary usage of Mammoth

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Records of the Past by Records of the Past Exploration Society (1904)
"WHEN DID THE AMERICAN mammoth AND MASTODON BECOME EXTINCT? BY PROF. JOHN URI LLOYD FOR presuming to discuss a subject that must needs be left undecided ..."

2. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1909)
"mammoth MJN. CO. т. GRAND CENTRAL M1N. CO. excepting those from the vicinity of the back fissure and the ore channel, the assays show no mineralization not ..."

3. United States Mineral Lands: Laws Governing Their Occupancy and Disposal by Henry Norris Copp, United States, United States General Land Office (1881)
"It then appears, that the mammoth was located with no reference whatever to any natural object or monument (so far as the record shows), ..."

4. The Recent Origin of Man: As Illustrated by Geology and the Modern Science by James Cocke Southall (1875)
"THE mammoth. The Date of the Palaeolithic Age to be fixed by the Time of the Disappearance of the mammoth, Reindeer, etc.—Popular Misconception with regard ..."

5. The Voyage of the Vega Round Asia and Europe: With a Historical Review of by Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1885)
"... indeed, been successful during the voyage of the Vega in making any remarkable discovery that would throw light on the mode of life of the mammoth,1 but ..."

6. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1890)
"The mammoth remains which I first mention were obtained from the NB} of the NE£ of sec. ... Other mammoth remains have been found, in the city of Ottawa. ..."

7. Bulletin by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo) (1899)
"mammoth clover was sown upon a twenty-acre field with a grain drill in 1895. ... There is no second growth of mammoth clover which makes it impossible for ..."

8. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1897)
"SOME NOTES ON THE FLORA AND FAUNA OF mammoth CAVE, KY.1 BY R. ELLSWORTH CALL, PH. D. In 1889 there was published by the general government Dr. AS Packard's ..."

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