timber wolf
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
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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 GregorCruel as the gaunt and hungry timber wolf, such was the mate of dread E-ish-so-oolth.
Indian Legends of Vancouver Island | Alfred CarmichaelThe trail lay long, unknown and untrodden, save by the timber wolf, panther and black bear.
Indian Legends of Vancouver Island | Alfred CarmichaelThe totem of the east is the white timber wolf, Too-le-ze; the color of that court is white, representing light.
The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft | Dan BeardWhelps 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
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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