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dire wolf

–noun
an extinct wolf, Canis dirus, widespread in North America during the Pleistocene Epoch, having a larger body and a smaller brain than the modern wolf.

Origin:
1920–25; from the NL specific epithet dirus inspiring dread; cf. dire
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