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wolverine
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun wolverine has 3 senses
- wolverine(n = noun.person) michigander - a native or resident of Michigan; Array is a kind of american
- wolverine(n = noun.animal) glutton, gulo gulo - musteline mammal of northern Eurasia; Array is a kind of mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal
- wolverine(n = noun.animal) carcajou, gulo luscus, skunk bear - stocky shaggy-coated North American carnivorous mammal; Array is a kind of mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal
is a member of genus gulo, gulo
CIDE DICTIONARY
wolverine, n. [From Wolf, with a dim suffix; prob. so called from its supposed wolfish qualities.].
- A carnivorous mammal (
Gulo gulo formerlyGulo luscus ), of the weasel familyMustelidæ , about the size of a large badger; called alsoglutton andcarcajou . It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. [1913 Webster] - A nickname for an inhabitant of Michigan. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
wolverine, n. (also wolverene) = GLUTTON 3.
Etymology
16th-c. wolvering, somehow derived f. wolv-, stem of WOLF
THESAURUS
wolverine
Cape polecat, ape, bar, bear, cavy, chimp, chimpanzee, coon, ferret, foumart, glutton, groundhog, guinea pig, hedgehog, monk, monkey, mousehound, opossum, polecat, porcupine, possum, prairie dog, quill pig, raccoon, skunk, weasel, whistle-pig, woodchuck, zoril
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