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Mammut

Mammut

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A very large animal like an elephant that lived long ago and is now extinct
  • noun
  • /ˈmæmʊt/
  • Specialized
: Mammut
  • The Mammut is related to modern elephants, but it is much larger and has long, curved tusks.

Examples

  • Fossils of the Mammut show that these giant mammals roamed the Earth during the Ice Age.

  • Scientists study the Mammut to learn more about the climate conditions of the Pleistocene period.

  • A Mammut skeleton is the centerpiece of the museum’s prehistoric exhibit.

  • Scientists believe the Mammut roamed the Earth millions of years ago.

  • The fossilized remains of the Mammut were discovered in the North American plains.

  • The Mammut was a massive creature that roamed the Earth long ago.

  • Many Mammuts have been discovered in the frozen tundra of Siberia.

Synonyms

Mastodon
vsMammut
  • Specialized
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A large extinct animal like an elephant with long tusks that lived long ago

specifies a narrower late Miocene to late Pleistocene range rather than broader epochs
genus Mammut
vsMammut
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of extinct large animals like hairy elephants called mastodons

focuses on late fossil time range from late Miocene to late Pleistocene

Compounds

Mammut americanum
  • Specialized
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A large extinct animal like an elephant that lived in North America

genus Mammut
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of extinct large animals like hairy elephants called mastodons

Surface Forms

Mammut singular
Mammuts plural

Etymology

Mammut comes from the Russian word mamont, a name people used for the huge, elephant-like bones they found in frozen ground. That Russian word probably comes from a Siberian language and gave the image of a giant animal 'from the earth', so Mammut now means a very large, ancient elephant-like creature.