red wolf

noun

a small, reddish-gray American wolf, Canis rufus, similar to the coyote: once abundant in the southeastern U.S., it is now near extinction in the wild.

First recorded in 1940–45

Soon afterwards they came upon the squinting red wolf, straddling right across the track.

She dared not mount a tree, for the red wolf would outwit her.

At a sign from Red Wolf, the Apaches had kindled several fires, and formed a temporary camp.

One day, at the head of his young men, Red Wolf entered an altopelt (village) of the Comanches.

Red Wolf leaned over to a subaltern chief, and whispered a few words in his ear; the man rose, and left the clearing.

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