- hairy mammoth
- hairy mammoth,= woolly mammoth. (Cf. ↑woolly mammoth)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
hairy mammoth
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hairy — adjective /ˈhɛəri/ a) Of a person, having a lot of hair on the body. a hairy man b) Of an animal, having a lot of fur. hairy mammoth Syn: furry, hirsute … Wiktionary
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.] (Zo[ o]l.) An extinct, hairy, maned… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mammoth — ► NOUN ▪ a large extinct form of elephant with a hairy coat and long curved tusks. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ huge; enormous. ORIGIN Russian … English terms dictionary
mammoth — ☆ mammoth [mam′əth] n. [altered < Russ mamont, mammot < Yakut mamont, prob. < mama, earth: from the notion that the animal had burrowed in the ground] any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct elephants with a hairy skin and long tusks… … English World dictionary
mammoth — /mam euhth/, n. 1. any large, elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Mammuthus, from the Pleistocene Epoch, having hairy skin and ridged molar teeth. adj. 2. immensely large; huge; enormous: a mammoth organization. [1690 1700; < Russ mam(m)ot… … Universalium
mammoth — /ˈmæməθ / (say mamuhth) noun 1. a large, extinct species of elephant, Mammuthus primigenius, the northern woolly mammoth, which resembled the present Indian elephant but had a hairy coat and long, curved tusks. 2. any of various related extinct… …
mammoth — mam|moth1 [ˈmæməθ] adj [only before noun] extremely large = ↑enormous, gigantic ↑gigantic ▪ Reforming the prison system would be a mammoth task. ▪ a mammoth corporation mammoth 2 mammoth2 n [Date: 1700 1800; : Russian; Origin: m … Dictionary of contemporary English
mammoth — 1 adjective (only before noun) extremely large: a mammoth task | a mammoth corporation 2 noun (C) a large hairy elephant that lived on Earth thousands of years ago … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
mammoth — 1. noun /ˈmæməθ/ a) A large, hairy, extinct elephant like mammal of the taxonomic genus Mammuthus. b) Something very large of its kind. 2. adjective /ˈmæməθ/ Very large. “Ha! ha!” he proudly cried, “a fig / For this, your mammoth torso! / Just… … Wiktionary
mammoth — noun a large extinct elephant of the Pleistocene epoch, typically hairy and with long curved tusks. [Mammuthus primigenius (woolly mammoth) and related species.] adjective huge. Origin C18: from Russ. mamo(n)t, prob. of Siberian origin … English new terms dictionary
