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‖ lobo|ˈləʊbəʊ|
[Sp.:—L. lupus wolf.]
a. A large grey wolf of the south-western United States, Canis lupus occidentalis.
[1839Col. Hamilton Smith Dogs (Naturalist's Libr.) I. 152 The Spanish wolves congregated formerly in the passes of the Pyrenees in large troops, and even now the lobo will accompany strings of mules as soon as it becomes dusky.] 1859Baird Mammals N. Amer. ii. 14 Canis occidentalis, var. Mexicanus, Lobo Wolf. (In recent U.S. Dicts.)1918C. E. Mulford Man from Bar-20 ix. 88 What you saw was a bear or a lobo or a cougar come up to see th' fire. Ibid. 93 The lobo wolf in the canyon. 1973R. D. Symons Where Wagon Led i. v. 79 But there were still a few buffalo wolves about. We called them lobos.
b. transf.
1907‘O. Henry’ Heart of West 220 I'm not one of them lobo wolves..who are always blaming on women the calamities of life. |