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as in hairy
covered with or as if with hair
still had a water bed and a woolly coverlet on top of it
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Recent Examples of woolly
Lorenzen and her team used simulations based on the fossil record of woolly rhinos, paleoclimate information (such as temperature and rainfall), and the presence of humans to model interactions of the climate, humans, and the woolly rhinoceros across time and space.
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Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2024
What stands out the most in the new research is an anatomical feature suggested by the woolly rhino’s bone structure but never seen before: a fatty hump on the back of the juvenile Abyisky woolly rhino.
—Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2024
The most recent discovery prior to this one was uncovered in 2020, when a preserved woolly rhino emerged from muddy, thawing permafrost.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
The beginning of sheep in the West dates to the 1500s, when Spanish explorers first brought the woolly mammals to the Colorado Plateau.
—Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2024
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Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2024
What stands out the most in the new research is an anatomical feature suggested by the woolly rhino’s bone structure but never seen before: a fatty hump on the back of the juvenile Abyisky woolly rhino.
—Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2024
The most recent discovery prior to this one was uncovered in 2020, when a preserved woolly rhino emerged from muddy, thawing permafrost.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
The beginning of sheep in the West dates to the 1500s, when Spanish explorers first brought the woolly mammals to the Colorado Plateau.
—Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for woolly
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Style insiders are going all in on the look, too; fashion month’s crowds were awash in brushed knits, and New Yorkers of all stripes have pulled out their shaggiest jumpers as sweater weather has descended upon the city.Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 4 Nov. 2024
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Sofia’s haircut is an early sign of her rebellion; a shaggy mullet that calls back to Jane Fonda in the 1970s thriller Klute.Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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Tarantulas Large, hairy and slow-moving, tarantulas might seem like a nightmare for arachnophobes.Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 14 Oct. 2024
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Amy Adams finds herself in a hairy situation in the first trailer for Nightbitch.Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2024
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Carpenter responded, and then handed him a pair of fuzzy pink handcuffs.Zoe G. Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Nov. 2024
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The singer then proceeded to give Hernández the fuzzy pink handcuffs.Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 18 Nov. 2024
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The ladybug begins life as a spiky black crawler; the garden tiger moth starts out life as an extravagantly furred caterpillar.Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2023
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Many furred mammals have apocrine glands, including camels and donkeys, as well as chimpanzees.Jeff Goodell, Time, 6 July 2023
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Still, this is a good SSD if your portable drives lead a rough life in an everyday bag.Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 29 Nov. 2024
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Deer damage is more likely to occur on younger trees, which are easier to reach and haven’t developed a thick, rough, protective bark yet.Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Woolly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woolly. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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