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elephantlike — adj. resembling an elephant, similar to an elephant … English contemporary dictionary
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dinothere — /duy neuh thear /, n. any elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Dinotherium, from the later Tertiary Period of Europe and Asia, having large, outwardly curving tusks. Also, dinotherium /duy neuh thear ee euhm/. [ < NL Dinotherium (1829); see… … Universalium
mammoth — /mam euhth/, n. 1. any large, elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Mammuthus, from the Pleistocene Epoch, having hairy skin and ridged molar teeth. adj. 2. immensely large; huge; enormous: a mammoth organization. [1690 1700; < Russ mam(m)ot… … Universalium
mastodon — mastodonic, adj. /mas teuh don /, n. 1. a massive, elephantlike mammal of the genus Mammut (Mastodon), that flourished worldwide from the Miocene through the Pleistocene epochs and, in North America, into recent times, having long, curved upper… … Universalium
stegodon — /steg euh don /, n. any extinct elephantlike mammal of the genus Stegodon, from the late Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs, usually considered to be directly ancestral to the modern elephant. [ < NL, equiv. to stego STEGO + GK + odon toothed; see… … Universalium
tortoise — /tawr teuhs/, n. 1. a turtle, esp. a terrestrial turtle. 2. a very slow person or thing. 3. testudo (def. 1). [1350 1400; var. of earlier (15th century) tortuse, tortose, tortuce, ME tortuca < ML tortuca, for LL tartarucha (fem. adj.) of Tartarus … Universalium
sabre-toothed cat — ▪ subfamily of mammals any of the extinct (extinction) catlike carnivores (carnivore) belonging either to the extinct family Nimravidae or the subfamily Machairodontinae of the cat family (Felidae (feline)). Named for the pair of elongated,… … Universalium
elephantine — Synonyms and related words: Atlantean, Brobdingnagian, Cyclopean, Gargantuan, Herculean, Homeric, Latinate, abysmal, arid, astronomic, awkward, barren, blah, blank, bloodless, bombastic, bulky, characterless, clumsy, cold, colorless, colossal,… … Moby Thesaurus
mammoth — mam·moth || mæməθ n. extinct hairy elephantlike mammal which lived in the Northern Hemisphere during the Pleistocene Epoch adj. gigantic, huge, enormous … English contemporary dictionary
