Mammoth

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1. Noun

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. Adjective

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

3. Noun

any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks
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