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gray wolf
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gray wolf
n.
A large, tawny gray wolf (Canis lupus) that formerly occupied diverse habitats throughout northern North America and Eurasia but now lives in fewer, more limited areas because of human encroachment. Also called timber wolf.
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Noun1.gray wolf - a wolf with a brindled grey coat living in forested northern regions of North Americagray wolf - a wolf with a brindled grey coat living in forested northern regions of North America
wolf - any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs


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For a decade, the gray wolf program has limped along, undone, critics say, by measures that penalize the animals for behaving as wolves.
Thirty-five years being hunted to near extinction, the gray wolf on Monday was taken off the US list of endangered species, clearing the way for it to be hunted again in most states.
Thirty-five years being hunted to near extinction, the gray wolf on Monday was taken off the US list of endangered species, clearing the way for it to be hunted again in most states.
 
 
 
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