Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The ordinary large gray or brindled wolf of western parts of North America, Canis lupus occidentalis.

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Examples

  • Ongist, the second youngest, a clever lad with the morals of a timber-wolf.

    The Hawk Eternal Gemmell, David 1995

  • They actually looked yellow, timber-wolf yellow, and just as raw.

    Surrender A Dream Jill Barnett 1991

  • They actually looked yellow, timber-wolf yellow, and just as raw.

    Surrender A Dream Jill Barnett 1991

  • They actually looked yellow, timber-wolf yellow, and just as raw.

    Surrender A Dream Jill Barnett 1991

  • First Bardylis, the cunning King of Illyria; eighty years old, maybe more, but with a mind as sharp as a timber-wolf.

    Lion Of Macedon Gemmell, David 1990

  • First Bardylis, the cunning King of Illyria; eighty years old, maybe more, but with a mind as sharp as a timber-wolf.

    Lion Of Macedon Gemmell, David 1990

  • That very morning a gaunt, gray timber-wolf had peered forth at almost the same point; and despite

    Hidden Gold Wilder Anthony

  • Small wood-mice swarmed, fleeing from the terror they could not see; and a great timber-wolf followed by a couple of cubs fled by without more than a sidelong look.

    A Mating in the Wilds Ottwell Binns

  • "That's a big gray wolf -- a timber-wolf, or lofer, as he's sometimes called," replied Dale.

    The Man of the Forest 1919

  • During all that weary journey his old rifle had not banged once, although few eyes save those of timber-wolf and lynx were sharper in the hunt than Sacobie's.

    The Children's Book of Christmas Stories Asa Don Dickinson 1918

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