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mammouth

mammoth

noun mah-MOOT Rare
Animals & Nature Mammals

Origin: Russian mamont, of Siberian origin

Also means

enormous thing or undertaking (figurative)

Usage Note

Mammouth refers to the extinct prehistoric elephant, but is also widely used figuratively for anything enormous, as in un projet mammouth (a mammoth project). It is pronounced with a final 't' sound, as /mamut/.

Examples

"Des ossements de mammouth ont été découverts ici."

Natural Translation

Mammoth bones were discovered here.

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