WOLVERINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Wolverine mean? 

• WOLVERINE (noun)
  The noun WOLVERINE has 3 senses:

1. a native or resident of Michigan

2. musteline mammal of northern Eurasia

3. stocky shaggy-coated North American carnivorous mammal

  Familiarity information: WOLVERINE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WOLVERINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or resident of Michigan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Michigander; Wolverine

Hypernyms ("Wolverine" is a kind of...):

American (a native or inhabitant of the United States)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Musteline mammal of northern Eurasia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

glutton; Gulo gulo; wolverine

Hypernyms ("wolverine" is a kind of...):

mustelid; musteline; musteline mammal (fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Stocky shaggy-coated North American carnivorous mammal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

carcajou; Gulo luscus; skunk bear; wolverine

Hypernyms ("wolverine" is a kind of...):

mustelid; musteline; musteline mammal (fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals)

Holonyms ("wolverine" is a member of...):

genus Gulo; Gulo (a genus of Mustelidae)

 Context examples 

He did not know that it was a wolverine, standing outside, all a-trembling with its own daring, and cautiously scenting out the contents of the cave.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

His mother, coming home, growled as she smelt the wolverine's track, and bounded into the cave and licked and nozzled him with undue vehemence of affection.

(White Fang, by Jack London)