[ '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 .
[ '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 .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004