mammoth
Extinct tusked giant
A mammoth was a large, hairy elephant that lived during the Ice Age, now extinct.
The word survives mainly as an adjective meaning enormous or colossal: a mammoth undertaking, a project of mammoth proportions.
The adjective carries connotations of impressive scale rather than mere size.
Immensely large in scale
- colossalExtremely large in scale
- massiveExtremely large and heavy
- hugeExtremely large in size
- immenseExtremely large in scope
vast · titanic · gargantuan · towering · prodigious · stupendous · elephantine · whopping
Ancient glacial geological period
- megafaunaSpecies over 44 kilograms
- glacierSlow-moving ice mass
- permafrostPerpetually frozen earth layer
- paleolithicEarliest tool-making period
steppe · tundra · Neanderthal · caveman · cave-painting · hunter-gatherer · stone-age · spear
Tusk-derived material
- curvedSmoothly bent, not angular
- spiraledMoved in helix
- elephantTusked gray giant
- poachingUnlawful wildlife capture
conservation · trade · Siberia · excavation · museum · carving · scrimshaw · artifact
Complete vanishing of a species
- vanishedDisappeared from sight
- dinosaursExtinct prehistoric reptiles
- dodoVanished flightless bird
- saber-toothedWith extended fang-like teeth
mastodon · paleontology · fossil · bones · skeleton · excavation · dig · museum
Animal body hair
- shaggyLong, coarse, untidy
- hairyHaving much fur
- thickHaving great depth
- insulationThermal transfer prevention
pelt · dense · undercoat · overcoat · matted · fleece · cold-adapted · long-haired
gigantic
Immensely large in scale
immense · vast · titanic · gargantuan · towering · prodigious · stupendous · elephantine · whopping · mega
Pleistocene
Ancient glacial geological period
- megafaunaSpecies over 44 kilograms
- glacierSlow-moving ice mass
- permafrostPerpetually frozen earth layer
paleolithic · steppe · tundra · Neanderthal · caveman · cave-painting · hunter-gatherer · stone-age · spear · migration
ivory
Tusk-derived material
poaching · conservation · trade · Siberia · excavation · museum · carving · scrimshaw · artifact · auction
extinction
Complete vanishing of a species
saber-toothed · mastodon · paleontology · fossil · bones · skeleton · excavation · dig · museum · specimen
fur
Animal body hair
insulation · pelt · dense · undercoat · overcoat · matted · fleece · cold-adapted · long-haired · reddish-brown
- prehistorystone tools, Neolithic, Stone Age, caveman, cavemen
- Extinct Animalsdinosaur, dinosaurs, tyrannosaurus, dodo, triceratops
- fossilsdinosaur bones, ammonite, amber, ammonites, fossils
- Prehistoric Animalsdinosaur, dinosaurs, T-Rex, Velociraptor, Brachiosaurus
- prehistoric lifedinosaur, dinosaurs, triceratops, Velociraptor, velociraptor
- Extinct Herbivoresmastodon, triceratops, stegosaurus, brontosaurus, diplodocus
- woolly mammothsExtinct hairy elephants
- wooly mammothsExtinct furry elephant relatives
- mammoth tuskExtinct pachyderm's elongated tooth
- Mammoth CaveKentucky's vast underground network
- mammoth huntersPrehistoric big-game trackers
- mammoth bonesSkeletal remains of extinct elephants