woolly mammoth

English

Noun

woolly mammoth (plural woolly mammoths)

A very hairy mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, widespread in colder regions of the Northern Hemisphere during the Pleistocene period.
- 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 204:
  The ice age was nearly two million years old by the time the woolly mammoth evolved.

Translations

Mammuthus primigenius

Catalan: mamut llanut m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 猛獁象／猛犸象 (zh) (měngmǎxiàng), 真猛瑪象／真猛玛象 (zhēnměngmǎxiàng)
Dutch: wolharige mammoet (nl) m
Finnish: villamammutti
French: mammouth laineux (fr) m
Navajo: bíchį́į́h yee adilohii ditłʼoígíí
Polish: mamut włochaty m
Spanish: mamut lanudo m
Swedish: ullhårig mammut (sv) c

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