Dictionary
wool'ly mam'moth
a shaggy-coated mammoth,
Mammuthus primigenius, that lived in cold regions across Eurasia and North America during the Ice Age, known from fossils, cave paintings, and well-preserved frozen carcasses. Also called
Siberian mammoth. See illus. under
mammoth. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.