wolverine
Also called carcajou. a stocky, carnivorous North American mammal, Gulo luscus, of the weasel family, having blackish, shaggy hair with white markings.
(initial capital letter) a native or inhabitant of Michigan (the Wolverine State) (used as a nickname).
Origin of wolverine
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How to use wolverine in a sentence
The glaciers are melting because snowfall is decreasing and temperatures are rising—bad news for wolverines.
Who Will Save the Wolverine? Not the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Doug Peacock | July 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe winter temperatures where wolverines live here in Montana have been on the rise since 2002.
Who Will Save the Wolverine? Not the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Doug Peacock | July 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe highest density of wolverines left south of Canada is in Glacier National Park.
Who Will Save the Wolverine? Not the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Doug Peacock | July 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat is a plan that works well unless the sly wolverines manage to get on the scent of the cache, he said.
Heroes of To-Day | Mary R. ParkmanWolverines, the ancient "devils" of the northlands on Terra, were being tried for the first time on Warlock.
Storm Over Warlock | Andre Norton
The climb before him he knew in part, for this was the path the wolverines had followed on their two other escapes.
Storm Over Warlock | Andre NortonShann had never been sure just how intelligent, as mankind measured intelligence, the wolverines were.
Storm Over Warlock | Andre NortonHe was alone and he threw himself frantically out of the cave, afraid the wolverines had wandered off.
Storm Over Warlock | Andre Norton
British Dictionary definitions for wolverine
/ (ˈwʊlvəˌriːn) /
a large musteline mammal, Gulo gulo, of northern forests of Eurasia and North America having dark very thick water-resistant fur: Also called: glutton
Origin of wolverine
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