mammoth

CEFRB2

/ˈmæməθ/

noun · adjective

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  1. 01

    noun

    A large extinct elephant-like animal with long curved tusks.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extremely large in size or amount.

Examples

  • A frozen mammoth has been found in Siberia.

  • The author's verbiage produced a document of mammoth size and microscopic import.

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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noun

Extra meanings

  1. A mastodon.

  2. Something very large of its kind.

  3. Any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus, 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 glaciers during the late Pleistocene period, and are known from fossils, frozen carcasses, and Paleolithic cave paintings found in North America and Eurasia.

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In context

  • Trying to spot bodies in the middle of a vast ocean is a mammoth task.

  • The Mammotovoy, which is dug out of the Earth in Siberia.

  • Maimanto, as they say a sea elephant which is never seene, but accordinge to the Samuites he workes himselfe under grownde and so they finde his teeth or homes or bones in Pechore and Nova Zemla of which they […]

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Origin

noun

From obsolete Russian ма́мант (mámant), modern ма́монт (mámont), probably from a Uralic word, such as Proto-Mansi *mān-oŋt (“earth horn”). Possibly influenced by behemoth. Adjectival use was popularized in the early 1800s by references to the Cheshire Mammoth Cheese presented to American paleontologist and president Thomas Jefferson.