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wooly mammoth

wooly mammoth is the alternative spelling of woolly mammoth.

Meaning of woolly mammoth

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.
    • The ice age was nearly two million years old by the time the woolly mammoth evolved.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 204

Forms of wooly mammoth

pluralwooly mammoths

Questions about wooly mammoth

What is wooly mammoth the alternative spelling of?
Wooly mammoth is the alternative spelling of woolly mammoth.

Words near wooly mammoth in the dictionary

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  6. wooly mammoth
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  10. wooly worm
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