MAMMOTH


Meaning of MAMMOTH in English

/mam"euhth/ , n.

1. any large, elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Mammuthus, from the Pleistocene Epoch, having hairy skin and ridged molar teeth.

adj.

2. immensely large; huge; enormous: a mammoth organization.

[ 1690-1700; mam ( m ) ot (now mámont ), first used in reference to remains of the animal found in Siberia; orig. uncert. ]

Syn. 2. See gigantic .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .