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MAMMUTHUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Extinct genus: mammoths

Synonyms:

genus Mammuthus; Mammuthus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Mammuthus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Mammuthus"):

mammoth (any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks)

Holonyms ("Mammuthus" is a member of...):

Elephantidae; family Elephantidae (elephants)

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