Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь - mammoth
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mammoth
мамонт (Elephas primigenius)
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1. палеонт. мамонт (Elephas primigenius) 2. ам. окаменевший мастодонт 3. похожий на мамонта; громадный, гигантский the mammoth twenty volumes of the "Complete Works" —- огромное двадцатитомное издание собрания сочинений ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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n. & adj. --n. any large extinct elephant of the genus Mammuthus, with a hairy coat and curved tusks. --adj. huge. Etymology: Russ. mamo(n)t ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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I. noun Etymology: Russian mamont, mamot Date: 1706 1. any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair 2. something immense of its kind the company is a ~ of the industry II. adjective Date: 1802 of very great size Synonyms: see enormous ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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(mammoths) 1. You can use mammoth to emphasize that a task or change is very large and needs a lot of effort to achieve. ...the mammoth task of relocating the library... = massive ADJ: usu ADJ n c darkgreen]emphasis 2. A mammoth was an animal like an elephant, with very long tusks and long hair, that lived a long time ago but no longer exists. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~1 adj only before noun extremely large (a mammoth task | a mammoth corporation) ~2 n a large hairy elephant that lived on Earth thousands of years ago ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1706, from Rus. mammot', probably from Ostyak (a Finno-Ugric language of northern Russia), cf. Finnish maa "earth," because the animals' remains were dug from within the earth. The adj. is 1802 in Amer.Eng., in reference to the beasts' enormous size. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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