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Meanings of wooly-haired in anglès

Covered with dense often matted or curly hairs.

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Examples for "woolly"
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Tens of thousands of years ago, woolly mammoths roamed the northern hemisphere.
BBC
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The woolly-haired African race includes the negroes and the very primitive bushmen.
The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) / A Plain Story Simply Tol...
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There were in the cave a number of stout and woolly rams.
Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca / Adapted from the Third Book of th...
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Unlike many prehistoric rhinos, woolly rhinos would be quite recognisable to us.
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My mind feels quite woolly, and the walls of the room shimmer.
The Oracle Glass
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He emanates a wooly warmth even though his demeanor is somewhat aloof.
The Irish Times
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They are especially common in tiger moths and wooly bear moths.
Wired
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Two more funnels appeared behind the first, wooly tubes dropping from the clouds.
The story of edgar sawtelle
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Those wooly worms was growing thicker hair for to stand a hard winter.
Serena
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She pulled her wooly cardigan tightly around herself and headed downstairs.
Fiendish deeds
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And amidst this silence, the woolly-haired gipsy girl had sung in a low key and an unknown tongue.
The Fortune of the Rougons
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Johnny Cos, the yellow, woolly-haired boatman, plying his oars, sat perforce in face of his passengers and close to them.
Those Who Smiled, and Eleven Other Stories
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We have seen native Africans who were jet black, woolly-haired, and yet possessing fine teeth, beautiful features, tall, graceful, and athletic.
History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 / ...
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Our prehistoric ancestors hunted the mammoth, the woolly-haired rhinoceros, and Irish elk; the ancient Britons had the wild ox, the deer, and the wolf.
The Pleasures of Life
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I opened another door and a crazy-eyed, woolly-haired, scrawny guy in too-big pants and too-big shoes shouldered a gun at me from across the room.
Finger lickin' fifteen
Usage of wooly-haired in anglès
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Come along, you ornery, pigeon-toed, knock-kneed, sway-backed, wooly-haired excuse, you.
When A Man's A Man