Definition of Maned wolf

1. Noun. Reddish-grey wolf of southwestern North America.

Exact synonyms: Canis Niger, Canis Rufus, Red Wolf
Generic synonyms: Wolf

Definition of Maned wolf

1. Noun. the largest canid of South America, Chrysocyon brachyurus. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Maned Wolf

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manducations
manducatory
manduction
mandyas
mandylion
mandylions
mane
maneaba
maneater
maneaters
maneating
maneb
maned
maned sheep
maned wolf (current term)
maned wolves
maneen
manefaire
manege
maneged
maneges
maneging
maneh
manehs
manele
maneless
manelessness
manelike
manent

Literary usage of Maned wolf

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

1. The Century (1902)
"I. THE maned wolf, OK WHAT ? 'HE director of the Bronx Zoological Garden summed up the situation pretty accurately when, in answer to my request for ..."

2. The Standard Library of Natural History: Embracing Living Animals of Thw by Charles John Cornish (1908)
"THE maned wolf This is by far the largest of several peculiar South American species of the Dog Family which we have not room to mention. ..."

3. The New International Encyclopaedia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1906)
"... described under Fox-Doc, maned wolf, and other names. For illustrations and bibliography, see CANID.F. ; DOG. WOLF, TASMANIAN or ZERRA. ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"maned wolf, a long-legged, slender- bodied, long-nosed, brightly reddish wolf (Canis jubatus) of eastern South America, which may be regarded as one of the ..."

5. Chambers' Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge by William Chambers, Robert Chambers (1892)
"... but the most characteristic mark is a black patch just above the heel. (4) C.jubatus (maned wolf) is the largest of its family in South America. ..."

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