TIMBER WOLF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does timber wolf mean? 

• TIMBER WOLF (noun)
  The noun TIMBER WOLF has 1 sense:

1. a wolf with a brindled grey coat living in forested northern regions of North America

  Familiarity information: TIMBER WOLF used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TIMBER WOLF (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A wolf with a brindled grey coat living in forested northern regions of North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Canis lupus; gray wolf; grey wolf; timber wolf

Hypernyms ("timber wolf" is a kind of...):

wolf (any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs)

 Context examples 

The years were not many when the Yeehats noted a change in the breed of timber wolves; for some were seen with splashes of brown on head and muzzle, and with a rift of white centring down the chest.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

As he drew closer to the cry he went more slowly, with caution in every movement, till he came to an open place among the trees, and looking out saw, erect on haunches, with nose pointed to the sky, a long, lean, timber wolf.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)