mammoth

mammoth
1. noun
(Palaeont.) Mammut, das
2. adjective
Mammut-; gigantisch [Vorhaben]
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['mæməƟ] 1. noun
(a large hairy elephant of a kind no longer found living.) das Mammut
2. adjective
(very large (and often very difficult): a mammoth project/task.) Mammut-...
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mam·moth
[ˈmæməθ]
I. n Mammut nt
II. adj (fig) Mammut-, riesig
\mammoth proportions kolossales Ausmaß
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['mməɵ]
1. n
Mammut nt
2. adj
Mammut-; cost, enterprise kolossal; change gewaltig; proportions riesig

a mammoth task — eine Mammutaufgabe, eine kolossale Aufgabe

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mammoth [ˈmæməθ]
A s ZOOL Mammut n
B adj Mammut…, riesig, Riesen…:
mammoth enterprise Mammutunternehmen n;
mammoth tree BOT Mammutbaum m
* * *
1. noun
(Palaeont.) Mammut, das
2. adjective
Mammut-; gigantisch [Vorhaben]
* * *
adj.
riesig adj. n.
Mammut -s m.

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