timber wolf

timber wolf

n. See gray wolf.

timber wolf

n (Animals) 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 wolf

tim′ber wolf`

n. the gray wolf, Canis lupus, esp. the North American populations, C. lupus occidentalis. [1875–80]

Thesaurus

Noun

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timber wolf - a wolf with a brindled grey coat living in forested northern regions of North AmericaCanis lupus, gray wolf, grey wolfwolf - any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs