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woolly mammoth
noun
: a heavy-coated mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) formerly inhabiting the colder parts of the northern hemisphere
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The company is also working on reviving the woolly mammoth, dodo, and Tasmanian tiger.
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Moná Thomas, People.com, 12 July 2025
Similar efforts to bring back the woolly mammoth, the dodo and the thylacine, better known as the Tasmanian tiger, are also underway.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 9 July 2025
Colossal also wants to bring back the dodo, the woolly mammoth, the Tasmanian tiger—or thylacine—and more.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 8 July 2025
If your ancestors hadn’t had one, they’d have been squashed by a woolly mammoth.
—Mary Clements Evans, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
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Moná Thomas, People.com, 12 July 2025
Similar efforts to bring back the woolly mammoth, the dodo and the thylacine, better known as the Tasmanian tiger, are also underway.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 9 July 2025
Colossal also wants to bring back the dodo, the woolly mammoth, the Tasmanian tiger—or thylacine—and more.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 8 July 2025
If your ancestors hadn’t had one, they’d have been squashed by a woolly mammoth.
—Mary Clements Evans, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
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“Woolly mammoth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woolly%20mammoth. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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