'Mammoth' definitions:
Definition of 'mammoth'
(from WordNet)
adjective
So exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth; "a gigantic redwood"; "gigantic disappointment"; "a mammoth ship"; "a mammoth multinational corporation" [syn: gigantic, mammoth]
noun
Any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks
Definition of 'Mammoth'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] (Zool.) An extinct, hairy, maned elephant (Mammuthus primigenius formerly 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. [1913 Webster]
- Note: 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mammoth'
From: GCIDE
- Mammoth \Mam"moth\ (m[a^]m"m[o^]th), a. Resembling the mammoth in size; very large; gigantic; as, a mammoth ox. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mammoth'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abysmal,
- ammonite,
- amplitudinous,
- ankylosaur,
- archaeohippus,
- archaeotherium,
- archelon,
- arthrodiran,
- astronomic,
- astronomical,
- Atlantean,
- aurochs,
- awesome,
- bothriolepis,
- boundless,
- brachiosaur,
- Brobdingnagian,
- brontops,
- brontothere,
- bulky,
- coccostean,
- coelodont,
- colossal,
- compsognathus,
- coryphodon,
- cosmic,
- cotylosaur,
- creodont,
- crossopterygian,
- Cyclopean,
- cynodictis,
- diatryma,
- dimetrodon,
- dinichthyid,
- dinosaur,
- dinothere,
- diplodocus,
- duck-billed dinosaur,
- edaphosaurid,
- elasmosaur,
- elephant,
- elephantine,
- enormous,
- epic,
- eryopsid,
- eurypterid,
- extensive,
- galactic,
- gargantuan,
- Gargantuan,
- giant,
- giant sloth,
- giantlike,
- gigantic,
- glyptodont,
- hadrosaur,
- hathi,
- Herculean,
- heroic,
- hippo,
- hippopotamus,
- Homeric,
- huge,
- immeasurable,
- immense,
- infinite,
- Jumbo,
- jumbo,
- king-size,
- large,
- leviathan,
- massive,
- massy,
- mastodon,
- mighty,
- monster,
- monstrous,
- monumental,
- mountainous,
- outsize,
- overgrown,
- pachyderm,
- palaeodictyopteron,
- palaeoniscid,
- palaeophis,
- palaeosaur,
- palaeospondylus,
- pelycosaur,
- phytosaur,
- plesiosaur,
- prodigious,
- profound,
- protoceratops,
- protylopus,
- pteranodon,
- pteraspid,
- pterichthys,
- pterodactyl,
- pterosaur,
- rhino,
- rhinoceros,
- river horse,
- sauropod,
- scelidosaur,
- sizable,
- smilodon,
- spacious,
- stupendous,
- titanic,
- titanosaur,
- towering,
- trachodon,
- tremendous,
- triceratops,
- trilobite,
- tyrannosaur,
- uintathere,
- urus,
- vast,
- voluminous,
- weighty,
- whale,
- woolly mammoth
Mammoth, AZ -- U.S. town in Arizona
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Mammoth, AZ -- U.S. town in Arizona
Population (2000) :
1762
Housing Units (2000) :
697
Land area (2000) :
1.083314 sq. miles (2.805770 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1.083314 sq. miles (2.805770 sq. km)
FIPS code :
43990
Located within :
Arizona (AZ), FIPS 04
Location :
32.722140 N, 110.644209 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
85618
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.