mammoth
suomi-englanti sanakirjamammoth englannista suomeksi
mammutti
mammuttimainen
Substantiivi
mammutti / mammutti- in compounds, mammuttimainen, jättiläismäinen
mammoth englanniksi
Any species of the extinct genus (taxfmt), of large, usually hairy, elephant-like mammals with long curved tusks and an inclined back, which became extinct with the last retreat of age glaciers during the late Pleistocene period, and are known from fossils, frozen carcasses, and Paleolithic cave paintings found in North America and Eurasia.
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A mastodon.
Something very large of its kind.
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Comparable to a mammoth in its size; very large, huge, gigantic.
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