timber wolf
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.
Origin of timber wolf
First recorded in 1875–80
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Historical Examples of timber wolf
There were footprints in the snow, evidently the tracks of a timber-wolf.
In the Brooding WildRidgwell Cullum
This is a story of action and of the wide open, dominated always by the heroic figure of Timber-Wolf.
Mistress AnneTemple Bailey
No shot from a rifle, no mournful cry of timber-wolf could disturb the spell of nature like the jarring note of the human voice.
The Heart of UnagaRidgwell Cullum
I myself fired at a timber-wolf on the outskirts of the homestead just a little while before your arrival.
The Lady of North StarOttwell J. Binns
"That's a big gray wolf—a timber-wolf, or lofer, as he's sometimes called," replied Dale.
The Man of the ForestZane Grey
timber wolf
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