dire wolf

English

Two reconstructions of the dire wolf

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪ.ɚ wʊlf/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪə wʊlf/

Noun

dire wolf (plural dire wolves)

1. An extinct canine (†Canis dirus) from the Pleistocene epoch, heavier and slightly larger than the modern grey wolf.
2. (fantasy) Synonym of warg (a larger, more vicious, wilder, wolf)

Translations

extinct canine

• Dutch: reuzenwolf (nl) m
• Finnish: hirviösusi
• Greek: ανταρόλυκος m (antarólykos)
• Icelandic: gramúlfur m, ógnarúlfur m
• Japanese: ダイアウルフ (daiaurufu)
• Korean: 다이어울프 (daieoulpeu)
• Latin: canis dirus m
• Lezgi: буьтён жанавур (bütën žanavur)
• Portuguese: lobo-terrível m
• Russian: ужа́сный во́лк m (užásnyj vólk)
• Spanish: lobo gigante m, lobo terrible m
• Swedish: jättevarg c, skräckvarg c

Further reading

• dire wolf on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Canis dirus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Canis dirus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

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