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

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

Much of the debate about what caused the large animals to either become extinct or decline has centered around the woolly mammoth.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 14, 2023

At a time when the mighty woolly mammoth roamed the Earth, some 46,000 years ago, a minuscule pair of roundworms became encased in the Siberian permafrost.

From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2023

She tried to make her brain tell her, but it lay frozen in her skull like a woolly mammoth deep in a glacier.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson