woolly mammoth

American  

noun

1. a shaggy-coated mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, that lived in cold regions across Eurasia and North America during the Ice Age, known from fossils, cave paintings, and well-preserved frozen carcasses.

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Etymology

Origin of woolly mammoth

First recorded in 1965–70

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woolly mammoth

A life-sized pink woolly mammoth, Ozzy Osbourne, and an old phone are among some of the subjects comedian and artist Joe Lycett hopes will inspire others to get creative.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

It will sit across the street from the La Brea Tar Pits’ tragic woolly mammoth family, adding a playful bit of fantasy architecture to LACMA’s 3.5-acre park space.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2025

But in the meantime, the bizarre case reminds me of something else: the well-publicized and often-lauded project to recreate a woolly mammoth, undertaken by a private biotech company called Colossal Biosciences.

From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2024

Scientists have written the biography of a 14,000-year-old female woolly mammoth by analyzing the chemicals in her tusk.

From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2024

He even set off an alarm when he tried to duck behind a woolly mammoth.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty