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WOOLLY RHINOCEROS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does woolly rhinoceros mean? 

WOOLLY RHINOCEROS (noun)
  The noun WOOLLY RHINOCEROS has 1 sense:

1. extinct thick-haired species of Arctic regionsplay

  Familiarity information: WOOLLY RHINOCEROS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WOOLLY RHINOCEROS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Extinct thick-haired species of Arctic regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Rhinoceros antiquitatis; woolly rhinoceros

Hypernyms ("woolly rhinoceros" is a kind of...):

rhino; rhinoceros (massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout)

Holonyms ("woolly rhinoceros" is a member of...):

genus Rhinoceros (type genus of the Rhinocerotidae)


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