Definition of Canis lupus

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

Exact synonyms: Gray Wolf, Grey Wolf, Timber Wolf
Generic synonyms: Wolf

Lexicographical Neighbors of Canis Lupus

Canella winterana
Canellaceae
Canes Venatici
Canetti
Canfield
Cangjie
Canicula
Canidae
Canis
Canis Major
Canis Minor
Canis aureus
Canis dingo
Canis familiaris
Canis latrans
Canis lupus
Canis lupus tundrarum
Canis niger
Canis rufus
Canna edulis
Canna generalis
Canna indica
Cannabidaceae
Cannabis indica
Cannabis sativa
Cannaceae
Cannae
Cannaregio
Cannes
Cannizzaro

Literary usage of Canis lupus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"It is designated by a double name, the first of which indicates the genus, eg canis /ami/iam, the dog, and canis lupus, the wolf. Comparing the species of ..."

2. Catalogue of Carnivorous, Pachydermatous, and Edentate Mammalia in the by John Edward Gray (1869)
"canis lupus occidentalis, var. griseus et albus, Richard. F. Bor.-Am. ip 66, 1829. ... Lupus occidentalis, Gray, PZS 1868, p. 501. canis lupus canadensis ..."

3. Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio by Geological Survey of Ohio (1882)
"canis lupus albus, Sabine, Journ., 652.—Rich., PBA, i, 1829, 68.— A. & В., ii, 156, pi. 72. White, pure or washed with yellowish, with or without ..."

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