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mammophant en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of mammoth + elephant.

Meanings

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:
   • Church and his team plan to create the mammophant by endowing the egg cell of an Asian elephant with the genes for red blood cells that operate efficiently at low temperature, an enhanced fat layer under the skin, and a luxuriant covering of hair and fur - all from the woolly mammoth genome. 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 309:

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Translations (1)

fr mammouphant (mammoth and elephant hybrid)