lobo
Americannoun
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lobos
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of lobo
1830–40; < Spanish < Latin lupus wolf
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Everything else about the lobo is hearsay, slander, exaggeration, fabrication, aspiration, or plain old myth.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 9, 2015
Gray wolves — also known as Canis lupus, timber wolves, prairie wolves and lobo — are the largest of the 41 species of wild canids, including red wolves, foxes, coyotes and short-eared dogs.
From Washington Post
The werewolf calls are authentic lobo cries, but for the squeak of bats in the night, a technician rubs a cork on the side of a bottle.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Mexico they also have a great many animals that prey on the live stock, such as panthers, lobo wolves, bears, as well as the common, ordinary coyote.
From Florida: An Ideal Cattle State by Florida State Live Stock Association
Tireless as a lobo on the trail, swift as a bobcat in fight, hunted men had been known to ride in and give themselves up when they heard that Pete Glass was after them.
From The Seventh Man by Max Brand
As the wolf is to the wildcat—the lobos defeated Davidson’s felines in the second round—the tiger is to the wolf: bigger and beastlier.
From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2012
No. 13 Davidson Wildcats The wildcats toyed with cardinals in the first round, while the lobos stalked and slayed a band of 49ers.
From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2012
Hence, when Bernabe remarked, “You know, Carolina, I really wonder about Horsethief Shorty Wilson sometimes,” she would respond with: “Hay lobos con piel de oveja.”
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
One part of it has no name, the other is called lobos; it consists entirely of cartilage and flesh.
From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by William MacGillivray
Seals and sea-lions also abound; called lobos de la mar by the Spaniards, from their resemblance to wolves.
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