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Mammoths
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Definition
: An extinct genus of large mammals in the family Elephantidae that fed by grazing on low vegetation. Most died out at the end of the last ice age.
Other names
Woolly Mammoths; Mammoths, Woolly; Mammoth, Woolly; Mammoth; Mammuthus primigenius; Mammuthus; Woolly Mammoth