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CANIS LUPUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Canis lupus mean?
• CANIS LUPUS (noun)
The noun CANIS LUPUS has 1 sense:
1. a wolf with a brindled grey coat living in forested northern regions of North America
Familiarity information: CANIS LUPUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("Canis lupus" is a kind of...):
wolf (any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs)
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