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MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mammuthus primigenius mean?
• MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS (noun)
The noun MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS has 1 sense:
1. very hairy mammoth common in colder portions of the northern hemisphere
Familiarity information: MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very hairy mammoth common in colder portions of the northern hemisphere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Mammuthus primigenius; northern mammoth; woolly mammoth
Hypernyms ("Mammuthus primigenius" is a kind of...):
mammoth (any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks)
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