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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 wolfgray wolf - a wolf with a brindled grey coat living in forested northern regions of North America
Canis lupus, grey wolf, timber wolf
wolf - any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs


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