variants
also wooly
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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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The beginning of sheep in the West dates to the 1500s, when Spanish explorers first brought the woolly mammals to the Colorado Plateau.
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Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2024
For instance, sticking a fragrant woolly bluecurls (Trichostema lanatum) next to a rose might feel like a pretty choice, but the rose needs far more water than the woolly bluecurls, which tolerates almost no summer water once it’s established.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2024
However, roughly 10,000 years ago the woolly rhinoceros vanished.
—Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2024
There was also a range of smaller and larger species, including a woolly rhinoceros, flying squirrels, and porcupines.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 3 July 2024
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Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2024
For instance, sticking a fragrant woolly bluecurls (Trichostema lanatum) next to a rose might feel like a pretty choice, but the rose needs far more water than the woolly bluecurls, which tolerates almost no summer water once it’s established.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2024
However, roughly 10,000 years ago the woolly rhinoceros vanished.
—Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2024
There was also a range of smaller and larger species, including a woolly rhinoceros, flying squirrels, and porcupines.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 3 July 2024
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“Woolly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woolly. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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