"woolly mammoth" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: woolly mammoths [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} woolly mammoth (plural woolly mammoths)
  1. A very hairy mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, widespread in colder regions of the Northern Hemisphere during the Pleistocene period. Wikipedia link: woolly mammoth Categories (lifeform): Elephants Translations (Mammuthus primigenius): mamut llanut [masculine] (Catalan), 猛獁象 (Chinese Mandarin), 猛犸象 (měngmǎxiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 真猛瑪象 (Chinese Mandarin), 真猛玛象 (zhēnměngmǎxiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), wolharige mammoet [masculine] (Dutch), villamammutti (Finnish), mammouth laineux [masculine] (French), bíchį́į́h yee adilohii ditłʼoígíí (Navajo), mamut włochaty [masculine] (Polish), mamut lanudo [masculine] (Spanish), ullhårig mammut [common-gender] (Swedish)

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