English Explanatory Dictionary

lycaon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An eastern wolf or Algonquin wolf of Canis lycaon or subspecies Canis lupus lycaon.

Word forms

lycaon lycaons

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek Λυκάων (Lukáōn, “Lycaon”) the mythological king of Arcadia who was transformed into a wolf by Zeus, λυκάων (lukáōn, “wolves”), from λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”).

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