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mammophant

mammophant noun: a (hypothetical) cross between a woolly mammoth and an elephant.

Noun

mammophant (plural mammophants)

  1. A (hypothetical) cross between a woolly mammoth and an elephant.
    • However, several generations of “mammophant” breeding would be necessary before it would be possible to sire a genetically “pure” mammoth.2002, Allen A. Debus, Diane E. Debus, Dinosaur Memories, page 186
    • Herds of mammophants pining for the fjords aren’t quite within the realm of what’s possible.2017 February 22, Mark Carnall, The Guardian

Forms of mammophant

pluralmammophants

Origin of mammophant

Blend of mammoth + elephant.

Questions about mammophant

What does mammophant mean?
Mammophant means a (hypothetical) cross between a woolly mammoth and an elephant.
What part of speech is mammophant?
Mammophant is a noun.
What is the plural of mammophant?
The plural of mammophant is mammophants.

Words near mammophant in the dictionary

  1. mammonized
  2. mammonizes
  3. mammonizing
  4. mammonolatry
  5. mammoodies
  6. mammophant
  7. mammophants
  8. mammophilic
  9. mammoplastic
  10. mammoplasties
  11. mammoplasty

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