GREY WOLF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grey wolf mean? 

• GREY WOLF (noun)
  The noun GREY WOLF has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: GREY WOLF used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GREY WOLF (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Canis lupus; gray wolf; grey wolf; timber wolf

Hypernyms ("grey wolf" is a kind of...):

wolf (any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs)

 Context examples 

He awoke once and saw in front of him, not a dozen feet away, a big grey wolf, one of the largest of the pack.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

The window blind blew back with the wind that rushed in, and in the aperture of the broken panes there was the head of a great, gaunt grey wolf.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Running at the forefront of the pack was a large grey wolf—one of its several leaders.

(White Fang, by Jack London)