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Date: 1500-1600
Origin: Behemoth very large animal (probably a hippopotamus) mentioned in the Bible (14-21 centuries), from Latin, from Hebrew

behemoth

 noun
     
be‧he‧moth [countable]
formal something that is very large:
a trade behemoth that shipped abroad $800 billion worth of goods
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