woolly mammoth

English

Noun

woolly mammoth (plural woolly mammoths)

1. 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