Woolly rhinoceros Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun extinct thick-haired species of Arctic regions
    Rhinoceros antiquitatis.

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Definitions
  1. (Paleon.), an extinct rhinoceros (Rhinoceros tichorhinus) which inhabited the arctic regions, and was covered with a dense coat of woolly hair. It has been found frozen in the ice of Siberia, with the flesh and hair well preserved.

Webster 1913