单词 | timber wolf |
释义 | timber wolf in British Englishnoun a variety of the wolf, Canis lupus, having a grey brindled coat and occurring in forested northern regions, esp of North America Also called: grey wolftimber wolf in American English gray wolf timber wolf in American Englishnoun 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. Word origin [1875–80]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Diaspora, cross-fertilization, graph, musical chairs, overdraftImage of |
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