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Definition of Imperial mammoth
1. Noun. Largest known mammoth; of America.
Generic synonyms: Mammoth
Group relationships: Archidiskidon, Genus Archidiskidon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imperial Mammoth
Literary usage of Imperial mammoth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Two Bird-lovers in Mexico by William Beebe (1905)
"What scenes has the desert looked upon since this imperial mammoth staggered
dying into the quagmire which proved its tomb ? The dust caused our eyes and ..."
2. Organic Evolution by Richard Swann Lull (1917)
"207), the larger, so-called southern or imperial mammoth or elephant, as its
remains are found in Mexico, whence it ranged into Texas, California, ..."
3. Maryland Geological Survey by Maryland Geological Survey (1906)
"... although the ridges are not so widely separated as in the imperial mammoth.
It may well be termed the Southern mammoth, for it is the common species of ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"... the true mammoth (E. primigenius] to the north, the Columbian elephant in the
central states, and the gigantic imperial mammoth to the south, ..."
5. The Imperial Valley and the Salton Sink by Harry Thomas Cory, William Phipps Blake (1915)
"The writer prepared a table of the rainfall for each month of each year, as
observed at Brawley, Calexico, Heber, Imperial, Mammoth, Mecca, and Salton, ..."
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