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woolly mammoth

American

noun

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.

Etymology

Origin of woolly mammoth

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

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Researchers from Stockholm University have -- for the first time ever -- managed to successfully isolate and sequence RNA molecules from Ice Age woolly mammoths.

From Science Daily

It's not just Siberia and an engineered “woolly mammoth” we should worry about, though.

From Salon

The company’s other de-extinction hopes include reviving the woolly mammoth, the dodo, and the thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger.

From Los Angeles Times

It has publicised its efforts to use similar cutting edge genetic techniques to bring back extinct animals including the woolly mammoth and the Tasmanian tiger.

From BBC

Steppe mammoths were an ancestor of the woolly mammoth, and this site is believed to date back to around 220,000 years ago.

From BBC

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