mammoth

mammutti

mammuttimainen Any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus, of large, usually hairy, elephant-like mammals with long curved tusks and an inclined back, which became extinct with the last retreat of ice 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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puhekieltä A mastodon.
puhekieltä Something very large of its kind.
Comparable to a mammoth in its size; very large, huge, gigantic.
1898, w:Guy Wetmore Carryl|Guy Wetmore Carryl, s:The Arrogant Frog and the Superior Bull|The Arrogant Frog and the Superior Bull, in s:Fables for the Frivolous|Fables for the Frivolous (With Apologies to La Fontaine),

“Ha! ha!” he proudly cried, “a fig / For this, your mammoth torso! / Just watch me while I grow as big / As you—or even more so!”