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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 regions
Familiarity information: WOOLLY RHINOCEROS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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