wooly
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Prehistoric wolf pup’s last meal sheds light on wooly rhino.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 16, 2026
Neanderthals were expert hunters, bringing down large game such as wild horses, wooly rhinoceros, cave lions, and even mammoths using sharpened stone spears affixed to wooden shafts with adhesives like birch tar.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 22, 2024
Some men will show up looking like they’re hockey players who grew wooly beards for the NHL playoffs.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 18, 2023
For the dodo, the closest relative is the Nicobar pigeon; for the wooly mammoth also being worked on by Colossal, African and Asian elephants are used.
From Washington Times • Jan. 31, 2023
There were collections of sheep T-shirts; large tubs of lanolin cream; and wooly coats, socks, and hats with ram’s horns.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
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