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mammoth steppe

mammoth steppe noun: steppe-tundra.

Noun

mammoth steppe (plural mammoth steppes)

  1. Steppe-tundra.
    • Eurasia is far larger than North America, and it was always home to the largest section of the mammoth steppe.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 207

Forms of mammoth steppe

pluralmammoth steppes

Origin of mammoth steppe

Coined by American zoologist Russell Dale Guthrie.

Questions about mammoth steppe

What does mammoth steppe mean?
Mammoth steppe means steppe-tundra.
What part of speech is mammoth steppe?
Mammoth steppe is a noun.
What is the plural of mammoth steppe?
The plural of mammoth steppe is mammoth steppes.

Words near mammoth steppe in the dictionary

  1. mammospheres
  2. mammospheric
  3. mammoth
  4. Mammoth Lakes
  5. Mammoth Mountain
  6. mammoth steppe
  7. mammoth steppes
  8. mammothite
  9. mammothlike
  10. mammothly
  11. mammothrept

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