timber wolf

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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.

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Origin of timber wolf

First recorded in 1875–80

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I myself fired at a timber-wolf on the outskirts of the homestead just a little while before your arrival.
The Lady of North Star|Ottwell J. Binns
Of the greater beasts fewer but plenty—fox, and timber-wolf, and coyote, and still to-day an antelope here and there.
Mariquita|John Ayscough
And at that day the timber-wolf of the Green Mountains–a long, lean, gray creature as big as a mastiff–was much to be feared.
With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga|W. Bert Foster
His teeth flashed between his snarling lips like a timber-wolf's fangs.
The Harbor Master|Theodore Goodridge Roberts

In more remote places there are the moose and caribou; the bear, mountain-lion, lynx or wildcat, and the timber-wolf.
On the Trail|Lina Beard and Adelia Belle Beard

British Dictionary definitions for timber wolf

timber wolf

noun

a variety of the wolf, Canis lupus, having a grey brindled coat and occurring in forested northern regions, esp of North AmericaAlso called: grey wolf

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