mammoths

noun

plural of mammoth
as in whales
something that is unusually large and powerful even as sport-utility vehicles go, that one is a mammoth

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Recent Examples of mammoths Woolly mammoths coexisted with early humans who hunted the cold-resistant herbivores for food and used their tusks and bones as tools. — CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026 These results raise some questions about how Ice Age hunter-gatherers interacted with wooly mammoths. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 July 2026 According to this theory, those now-extinct megafauna—the giant ground sloths and the giant beavers, the mastodons and mammoths, and even the lions and dire wolves—were relatively quickly hunted to extinction. — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026 The artificial egg tech is the latest addition to Colossal's list of de-extinction projects, which now span dodo birds, dire wolves, and mammoths. — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026 Fossils have also been found that indicate the islands were also once home to pygmy mammoths, which only reached 4 to 6 feet tall. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2026 Surviving Earth explores the world 450M years ago featuring giant sea scorpions, mammoths and sabertooths. — Peter White, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2026 Unlike typical mice with short gray-brown coats, these woolly mice have long dirty-blond hair that mimics the shaggy fur that helped protect mammoths from the Arctic cold. — Rob Stein, NPR, 4 Mar. 2026 Fans typically think of interior defensive linemen as the mammoths of the gridiron who dominate with size and strength. — Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mammoths
  1. whales
  2. dinosaurs
  3. giants
  4. monsters
  5. elephants
Noun
  • These trips also have plenty of opportunities to see whales, orcas, and other sea life, with scenic cruising in the Alexander Archipelago’s Frederick Sound.
    — Scott Laird, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Four other whales from that transport were brought to the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago.
    — Jared Ochacher, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of whales
Noun
  • Steven Spielberg first brought to life the pages of Michael Crichton’s novel about a disastrous attempt to create a theme park with dinosaurs.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 6 Aug. 2026
  • So, yes, there’s a reason most of us are right handed and no, dinosaurs have never actually spit venom.
    — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of dinosaurs
Noun
  • In a scene where Odysseus and his crew come into contact with the Laestrygonians, a tribe of man-eating giants, Dalton, who‘s four and a half feet tall, doubled for Damon.
    — Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Fabrizio Romano confirms the final decision rests with Rodri, with both Spanish giants prepared to offer similar transfer fees.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of giants
Noun
  • As creatures from Indonesian mythology emerge to threaten his students’ community, Chris and his pupils find their fight extends beyond monsters to their own inner struggles.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The viruses the researchers created are not Frankenstein’s monsters.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of monsters
Noun
  • Some visitors spent time walking through the herd, moving from one elephant to another.
    — Goodluck Ajeh, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Hippos, which are herbivores, are the third-largest land animal after elephants and white rhinos and can weigh as much as 8,000 pounds.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of elephants

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