MAMMOTH


Meaning of MAMMOTH in English

■ noun a large extinct elephant of the Pleistocene epoch, typically hairy and with long curved tusks. [ Mammuthus primigenius ( woolly ~ ) and related species.]

■ adjective huge.

Origin

C18: from Russ. mamo(n)t , prob. of Siberian origin.

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.