"dire wolf" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdaɪ.ɚ wʊlf/ [General-American], /ˈdaɪə wʊlf/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: dire wolves [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|dire wolves}} dire wolf (plural dire wolves)
  1. An extinct canine (†Canis dirus) from the Pleistocene epoch, heavier and slightly larger than the modern grey wolf. Categories (lifeform): Wolves Translations (extinct canine): reuzenwolf [masculine] (Dutch), hirviösusi (Finnish), gramúlfur [masculine] (Icelandic), ógnarúlfur [masculine] (Icelandic), ダイアウルフ (daiaurufu) (Japanese), canis dirus (Latin), lobo-terrível [masculine] (Portuguese), ужа́сный во́лк (užásnyj vólk) [masculine] (Russian), lobo gigante [masculine] (Spanish), lobo terrible [masculine] (Spanish), jättevarg [common-gender] (Swedish), skräckvarg [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dire_wolf-en-noun-yONmT3e9 Disambiguation of Wolves: 68 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 76 24 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 69 31 Disambiguation of 'extinct canine': 94 6
  2. (fantasy) Synonym of warg (a larger, more vicious, wilder, wolf) Categories (topical): Fantasy Synonyms: warg [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-dire_wolf-en-noun-I~AE2FS2 Topics: fantasy

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for dire wolf meaning in All languages combined (3.7kB)

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