měng

technical
loanword
transliteration

Meaning of 猛犸

猛犸 means woolly mammoth; extinct prehistoric mammal resembling modern elephants, covered in long brown hair with upward-curving tusks. Pronounced měng mǎ.

  • woolly mammoth; extinct prehistoric mammal resembling modern elephants, covered in long brown hair with upward-curving tusks

Definitions & Examples

xué
jiā
zài
西
dòng
dài
xiàn
le
bǎo
cún
wán
hǎo
de
měng
xiàng
shī
 

Scientists discovered a well-preserved mammoth carcass in the Siberian permafrost.

Měng
zài
bīng
shí
guǎng广
fàn
fēn
Ōu
Běi
Měi
zhōu
 

Woolly mammoths were widely distributed across Eurasia and North America during the Quaternary Ice Age.

guǎn
zhǎn
chū
de
měng
xiàng
zhǎng
sān
 

The mammoth tusks displayed in the museum are up to three meters long.

hòu
biàn
huà
rén
lèi
liè
bèi
rèn
wéi
shì
dǎo
zhì
měng
miè
jué
de
zhǔ
yào
yuán
yīn
 

Climate change and human hunting are considered the main causes of mammoth extinction.

Measure Words

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Primary
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