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woolly mammoth

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woolly mammoth
n.
A Pleistocene mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) once widespread in the cold regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
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Noun1.woolly mammothwoolly mammoth - very hairy mammoth common in colder portions of the northern hemisphere
Mammuthus primigenius, northern mammoth
mammoth - any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks


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