timber wolf

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noun
  1. the gray wolf, Canis lupus, sometimes designated as the subspecies C. lupus occidentalis: formerly common in northern North America but now greatly reduced in number and rare in the conterminous U.S.

Origin of timber wolf

1
First recorded in 1875–80

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How to use timber wolf in a sentence

  • Then they heard the cry of the big gray timber wolf, somewhere behind them.

    Three Sioux Scouts | Elmer Russell Gregor
  • Cruel as the gaunt and hungry timber wolf, such was the mate of dread E-ish-so-oolth.

  • The trail lay long, unknown and untrodden, save by the timber wolf, panther and black bear.

  • The totem of the east is the white timber wolf, Too-le-ze; the color of that court is white, representing light.

  • Whelps of the great gray timber wolf, born in captivity, and therefore likely to be docile, were rare and precious.

    Kings in Exile | Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts

British Dictionary definitions for timber wolf

timber wolf

noun
  1. a variety of the wolf, Canis lupus, having a grey brindled coat and occurring in forested northern regions, esp of North America: Also called: grey wolf

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