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  • noun Plural form of wolverene.

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Examples

  • And two days later, when he returned to his kill and found a dozen wolverenes quarrelling over the spoil, he scattered them like chaff; and those that fled left two behind who would quarrel no more.

    The Call of the Wild Jack London 1896

  • The security of these caches (Figs. 98-111) is considered sacred in the wilds and they are not disturbed by savages or whites; but bears, foxes, husky dogs, porcupines, and wolverenes are devoid of any conscientious scruples and unless the cache is absolutely secure they will raid it.

    Shelters, Shacks and Shanties Daniel Carter Beard 1895

  • The skull is very like that of the wolverenes in general form.

    Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870

  • These, and many other adventures with wolves and wolverenes, with panthers and peccaries, and porcupines and opossums, I might detail to you; but no doubt you are already wearied with the length of my story.

    The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness Mayne Reid 1850

  • They had reason to believe there were wolverenes about; for these fierce and destructive beasts are found in every part of the fur countries -- wherever there exist other animals upon which they can prey.

    Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850

  • None of them, however, much exceed the size of the ordinary cat: unless we include the gluttons and wolverenes among the weasels, as naturalists sometimes do, notwithstanding that these animals differ altogether from them.

    Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys Mayne Reid 1850

  • They had reason to believe there were wolverenes about; for these fierce and destructive beasts are found in every part of the fur countries -- wherever there exist other animals upon which they can prey.

    The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North Mayne Reid 1850

  • Could we only kill off the fierce beasts -- such as panthers, and wolves, and wolverenes -- that preyed upon them, then the whole valley would become our deer-park, and the deer would soon increase to any number we wanted.

    The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness Mayne Reid 1850

  • They then butchered them, and hung the hides and quarters upon high branches, so as to secure them from wolves and wolverenes.

    The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North Mayne Reid 1850

  • They then butchered them, and hung the hides and quarters upon high branches, so as to secure them from wolves and wolverenes.

    Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850

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