woolly mammoth
CEFR: B2
An iconic extinct Pleistocene proboscidean adapted to sub-zero steppe tundras with dense insulating fur and curved tusks.
Synonyms
- Mammuthus primigenius
- Ice Age mammoth
Common Collocations
- woolly mammoth genome
- extinction of the woolly mammoth
- frozen woolly mammoth
Example Sentence
Recovering intact DNA from frozen Siberian specimens fueled ambitions to clone the woolly mammoth.