English Explanatory Dictionary

Arctic wolf

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Canis lupus arctos; A subspecies of the grey wolf, living in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, including once Greenland, that is all-white.
  2. An individual of the subspecies.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Arctic wolf.

Word forms

Arctic wolf Arctic wolves

Etymology

From Arctic + wolf. From being a wolf found in the Canadian Arctic.

Synonyms

polar wolf white wolf

Related words

Arctic fox Arctic hare
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