| 单词 | columbian mammoth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasColumbian mammoth Columbian mammoth n. (a) (more fully Columbian mammoth white) a large American variety of white asparagus (now rare); (b) a North American mammoth, Mammuthus columbi, which was similar in size to an African elephant and had particularly large curved tusks.This mammoth may have died out as recently as 11,000 years ago. ΚΠ 1893 App. Rep. Minister Agric. Exper. Farms (Canada) 270 50 plants of Columbian Mammoth. 1907 Amer. Museum Jrnl. 7 5 (heading) The skeleton of the Columbian mammoth. 1918 Gardeners' Chron. Mar. 83/1 We have Colossal, Barr's Mammoth, Columbian Mammoth White, Palmetto, etc., in our own country. 1953 Amer. Antiq. 19 22/2 The Columbian mammoth is more frequently reported in association with early man than any other species. 2007 Vancouver Province (Nexis) 27 May (Travel section) e2 Most of the 55 mammoth remains in this working dig-turned-museum are actually Columbian mammoths rather than woollies. < as lemmas |
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