timber wolf

American  

noun

1. 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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timber wolf British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of timber wolf

First recorded in 1875–80

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Example Sentences

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timber wolf

One whole rack bulged with timber wolf pelts.

From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2018

Back in the 1940s, according to a book by the former professor Bill Beezley, cheerleaders would bring a timber wolf named State to games.

From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2014

It was an American timber wolf named Rugby, filmed in a mock Olympic Village hallway in the United States by the comedian Jimmy Kimmel.

From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2014

Bred by Steger, they are hybrids of Siberian husky, malamute and timber wolf.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the night of the transaction, they leashed a stand-in timber wolf for Black Wing, first dyeing its left hind foot snow white, to look like Black Wing’s.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger