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timber wolf
noun
- 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.
timber wolf
noun
- a variety of the wolf, Canis lupus, having a grey brindled coat and occurring in forested northern regions, esp of North America Also calledgrey wolf
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Word History and Origins
Origin of timber wolf1
First recorded in 1875–80
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Example Sentences
Then they heard the cry of the big gray timber wolf, somewhere behind them.
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Cruel as the gaunt and hungry timber wolf, such was the mate of dread E-ish-so-oolth.
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The trail lay long, unknown and untrodden, save by the timber wolf, panther and black bear.
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The totem of the east is the white timber wolf, Too-le-ze; the color of that court is white, representing light.
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Whelps of the great gray timber wolf, born in captivity, and therefore likely to be docile, were rare and precious.
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