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Meanings of grey wolf in English

A wolf with a brindled grey coat living in forested northern regions of North America.

Usage of grey wolf in English
1
The elder of the two had the face of an old grey wolf.
In Kedar's Tents
2
Dogs have come a long way from their grey wolf ancestors.
Radio NZ
3
The grey wolf is listed by Cites as endangered regionally, though not globally.
The Guardian
4
The grey wolf is common; it is the basal stock of the Alaskan sledge-dog.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
5
Within the stable door, during all the time, the grey wolf had not stirred.
Where the Trail Divides
6
There is one exception to this rule-thegrey wolf will attack fiercely when very hungry.
Indian Boyhood
7
Running at the forefront of the pack was a large grey wolf-oneof its several leaders.
White Fang
8
Soon after this discovery we came near losing Haldane, the big grey wolf, in a crevasse.
The Home of the Blizzard / Being the Story of the Australasian A...
9
It was then that the tent flap moved and a great grey wolf entered and sprang.
To Die in Italbar
10
All we needed was the grey wolf.
A Woman Tenderfoot
11
The latest research shows grey wolf populations have declined 7% in the region in the past year.
BBC
12
Roblez looks the large, grey wolf-savage ,reckless ,unyielding ;Uraga ,thecoyote-cowed ,crestfallen ,shivering ;infear of what may follow.
The Lone Ranche
13
His feet were almost on the bridge, when a big grey wolf with grinning teeth appeared before the princess.
The Violet Fairy Book
14
With no watcher save the grey wolf staring forth from the stable doorway, she was alone with her thoughts.
Where the Trail Divides
15
A grey wolf, living in a Wyoming canyon, would hardly have been less concerned about these things than was
Youth and the Bright Medusa
16
When they had gone some way through a thick wood they came on a great grey wolf with three cubs.
The Violet Fairy Book
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