lobo
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of lobo
1830–40; < Spanish < Latin lupus wolf
Example Sentences
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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
Any orthodox American would have shot the lobo at first appearance.
From Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations by Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank)
A mongrel Anglomaniaism is spreading among our wealthy, like mange in a pack o' lobo wolves.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 by Brann, William Cowper
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