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woolly

adjective as in resembling wool

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adjective as in made of or covered in wool

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adjective as in confused

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Fossil evidence also revealed that these warm-adapted hippos lived alongside cold-climate animals such as mammoths and woolly rhinoceroses -- an unusual ecological mix that highlights the complexity of Ice Age environments.

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New Guinean woolly rats, related to the giant cloud rats of the Philippines, rank among the largest murine rodents on Earth.

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Manuel, who has ridden the woolly beasts five times, tells the kids that he hung on best when he gripped the sheep’s shoulders.

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When his county team-mates were conducting their pre-season media duties in March, Stokes was jogging between cones in a woolly hat and leggings.

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These are salad days for the likes of Joseph Uscinski, who spends his time peering down rabbit holes and poking in the dark spaces where weird and woolly things grow.

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