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woolly mammoth
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woolly mammoth
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A Pleistocene mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) once widespread in the cold regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
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Noun1.woolly mammoth - very hairy mammoth common in colder portions of the northern hemispherewoolly 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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Gill's team rules this out by putting a more accurate date on the decline and fall of woolly mammoths and more than 30 other large mammals that dominated the landscape as the ice sheets retreated from North America.
Sophisticated hunters not to blame for driving mammoths to extinction by Asian News International
But grandad, they've planted mines in the top half and are grazing woolly mammoths in the bottom pasture.
Not cowed by farm animals by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
Remains of woolly mammoths have been found in southern Spain, proving that the chilly grip of the last Ice Age extended farther south than thought, palaeontologists said on Thursday.
Steppe change: Mammoths roamed southern Spain by AFP / AFP Global Edition
 
 
 
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