Arctic wolf

English

Alternative forms

• arctic wolf

Etymology

From Arctic +‎ wolf. From being a wolf found in the Canadian Arctic.

Noun

Arctic wolf (countable and uncountable, plural Arctic wolves)

1. (uncountable) Canis lupus arctos; A subspecies of the grey wolf, living in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, including once Greenland, that is all-white.
2. (countable) An individual of the subspecies.

Synonyms

• polar wolf
• white wolf

Related terms

• Arctic fox
• Arctic hare