wolverine

[ wool-vuh-reen, wool-vuh-reen ]

noun
  1. Also called carcajou. a stocky, carnivorous North American mammal, Gulo luscus, of the weasel family, having blackish, shaggy hair with white markings.

  2. (initial capital letter) a native or inhabitant of Michigan (the Wolverine State) (used as a nickname).

Origin of wolverine

1
1565–75; alteration of earlier wolvering (with -ine2 for -ing3), obscure derivative of wolf

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wolverine

/ (ˈwʊlvəˌriːn) /


noun
  1. a large musteline mammal, Gulo gulo, of northern forests of Eurasia and North America having dark very thick water-resistant fur: Also called: glutton

Origin of wolverine

1
C16 wolvering, from wolf + -ing ³ (later altered to -ine)

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