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Definition of: mammoth
(mam′·əth) noun
1. A large, once very abundant, extinct northern elephant (Mammuthus primigenius) of the Pleistocene, closely resembling the Indian elephant, with coarse outer hair, close woolly under hair, and enormous, usually curved tusks: its remains have been found in Alaska and Siberia.
2. The extinct imperial elephant (M. imperator) which ranged west of the Mississippi River.
—adjective Huge; colossal. [<Russian mammot, mamant]
(About 9 feet high at the shoulder)
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