WOLVERINE


Meaning of WOLVERINE in English

[ 'wʊlvəri:n ]

■ noun a heavily built short-legged carnivorous mammal of northern tundra and forests in Eurasia and North America. [ Gulo gulo .]

Origin

C16 (orig. as wolvering ): formed obscurely from wolv- , plural stem of wolf .

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