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Mammuthus

noun

extinct genus: mammoths

• Syn: ↑genus Mammuthus

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Elephantidae, ↑family Elephantidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑mammoth

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\\ˈmaməthəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from German mammut or French mammouth mammoth

: the genus of Elephantidae comprising the mammoths

Useful english dictionary. 2012.