noun
- plural of mammoth; large extinct elephants with long curved tusks and thick hair
Examples
- Scientists discovered frozen mammoths in the Siberian ice.
- Mammoths lived during the Ice Age thousands of years ago.
- The museum displayed skeletons of woolly mammoths.
- Cave paintings often depicted mammoths and other prehistoric animals.
- Researchers are studying mammoth DNA to learn about ancient climates.
- Mammoths were much larger than modern elephants.