"wolverine" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwʊlvəˌɹiːn/, /ˈwɒlvəˌɹiːn/, /ˌwʊlvəˈɹiːn/ [US, also] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wolverine.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-wolverine.wav [US] Forms: wolverines [plural]
Etymology: 1619; alteration of earlier wolvering (1574), diminutive of wolver (“ravenous or savage animal; person who behaves like a wolf”) (1593), ultimately from wolf. Etymology templates: {{m|en|wolvering}} wolvering, {{m|en|wolver|t=ravenous or savage animal; person who behaves like a wolf}} wolver (“ravenous or savage animal; person who behaves like a wolf”), {{m|en|wolf}} wolf Head templates: {{en-noun}} wolverine (plural wolverines)
  1. A solitary, fierce mammal of the Mustelidae family, Gulo gulo. Categories (lifeform): Mustelids Synonyms: carcajou, skunk bear, glutton, quickhatch, beaver eater, wolverene, wolvering [obsolete] Related terms: Gulo gulo Translations (Gulo gulo): شَرِه (šarih) [masculine] (Arabic), وُلْفِيرِين (wulfīrīn) [masculine] (Arabic), կուղխ (kuġx) (Armenian), շատակերիկ (šatakerik) (Armenian), ҡоно (qono) (Bashkir), расама́ха (rasamáxa) [feminine] (Belarusian), росома́ха (rosomáha) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ла́комец (lákomec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), зээгэн (zeegen) (Buryat), golut [masculine] (Catalan), 狼獾 (lánghuān) (Chinese Mandarin), 貂熊 (diāoxióng) (Chinese Mandarin), ӄэпэр (qėpėr) (Chukchi), ᑮᐦᑿᐦᐋᐦᑫᐤ (kiihkwahaahkew) (Cree), rosomák [masculine] (Czech), jærv [common-gender] (Danish), veelvraat (Dutch), gulo (Esperanto), ahm (Estonian), kaljukass (Estonian), jarvur [masculine] (Faroese), ahma (Finnish), glouton [masculine] (French), carcajou [masculine] (French), obur (Gagauz), glutón [masculine] (Galician), სამურავი (samuravi) (Georgian), Vielfraß [masculine] (German), Bärenmarder [masculine] (German), γούλβεριν (goúlverin) [masculine] (Greek), woleweline (Hawaiian), גַּרְגְּרָן (garg'rán) [masculine] (Hebrew), rozsomák (Hungarian), jarfi [masculine] (Icelandic), glutemo (Ido), ᖃᕝᕕᒃ (qavfik) (Inuktitut), glutan [masculine] (Irish), ghiottone [masculine] (Italian), volverina (Italian), ossifraga (Italian), クズリ (kuzuri) (Japanese), 貂熊 (Japanese), 屈狸 (Japanese), зеегн (zeegn) (Kalmyk), құну (qūnu) (Kazakh), кун (kùn) (Ket), хуну (xunu) (Khakas), 울버린 (ulbeorin) (Korean), škečátȟaŋka (Lakota), kņauss (Latgalian), āmrija [feminine] (Latvian), tīnis [masculine] (Latvian), ernis [masculine] (Lithuanian), Veelfraat [German-Low-German, masculine] (Low German), лакомец (lakomec) [masculine] (Macedonian), wolverin (Malay), нохой зээх (noxoj zeex) (Mongolian), niłchiis (Navajo), кʼузр̌ (kʼuzř) (Nivkh), geatki (Northern Sami), jerv [masculine] (Norwegian), gwiingwa'aage (Ojibwe), eorf [masculine] (Old English), jerfr [masculine] (Old Norse), jarfr [masculine] (Old Norse), ولورین (volverin) (Persian), rosomak [masculine] (Polish), carcaju [masculine] (Portuguese), glutão [masculine] (Portuguese), ᛖᚱᚨᚠᚨᛉ (erafaʀ) [masculine] (Proto-Norse), polifag american [masculine] (Romanian), gluton [masculine] (Romanian), росома́ха (rosomáxa) [feminine] (Russian), gorska kuna [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), rosomah [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), žderonja [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), žderavac [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), қунучақ (qunučaq) (Shor), rosomák [masculine] (Slovak), rosomáh [masculine] (Slovene), јеекен (ǰeeken) (Southern Altai), куну (kunu) (Southern Altai), gierhkie (Southern Sami), glotón [masculine] (Spanish), carcayú [masculine] (Spanish), fisi-milima (Swahili), wolverini (Swahili), järv [common-gender] (Swedish), комагай (qomağay) (Tatar), วุลเวอรีน (wunwer-reen) (Thai), kutup porsuğu (Turkish), ayı sansarı (Turkish), чекпе (çekpe) (Tuvan), росома́ха (rosomáxa) [feminine] (Ukrainian), بۆرە بورسۇق (böre borsuq) (Uyghur), chồn Gulo (Vietnamese), сиэгэн (siegen) (Yakut)

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          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
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          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
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          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "word": "სამურავი"
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          "word": "woleweline"
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "word": "rozsomák"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "jarfi"
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "word": "glutemo"
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          "code": "iu",
          "lang": "Inuktitut",
          "roman": "qavfik",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "word": "ᖃᕝᕕᒃ"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "glutan"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ghiottone"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "word": "volverina"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "word": "ossifraga"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kuzuri",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "word": "クズリ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "word": "貂熊"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "word": "屈狸"
        },
        {
          "code": "xal",
          "lang": "Kalmyk",
          "roman": "zeegn",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "word": "зеегн"
        },
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "qūnu",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "word": "құну"
        },
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          "lang": "Ket",
          "roman": "kùn",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "word": "кун"
        },
        {
          "code": "kjh",
          "lang": "Khakas",
          "roman": "xunu",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "word": "хуну"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ulbeorin",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "word": "울버린"
        },
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          "code": "lkt",
          "lang": "Lakota",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "word": "škečátȟaŋka"
        },
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          "code": "ltg",
          "lang": "Latgalian",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "word": "kņauss"
        },
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          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "āmrija"
        },
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tīnis"
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          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "ernis"
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          "word": "Veelfraat"
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          "word": "кʼузр̌"
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          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "word": "geatki"
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          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
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          "word": "gwiingwa'aage"
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          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "carcaju"
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "glutão"
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          "lang": "Proto-Norse",
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          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "polifag american"
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          "lang": "Romanian",
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rosomáxa",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "росома́ха"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gorska kuna"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rosomah"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "žderonja"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "žderavac"
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        {
          "code": "cjs",
          "lang": "Shor",
          "roman": "qunučaq",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "word": "қунучақ"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rosomák"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rosomáh"
        },
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          "code": "alt",
          "lang": "Southern Altai",
          "roman": "ǰeeken",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "word": "јеекен"
        },
        {
          "code": "alt",
          "lang": "Southern Altai",
          "roman": "kunu",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "word": "куну"
        },
        {
          "code": "sma",
          "lang": "Southern Sami",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "word": "gierhkie"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "glotón"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "carcayú"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "word": "fisi-milima"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "word": "wolverini"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "järv"
        },
        {
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "qomağay",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "word": "комагай"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "wunwer-reen",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "word": "วุลเวอรีน"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "word": "kutup porsuğu"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "word": "ayı sansarı"
        },
        {
          "code": "tyv",
          "lang": "Tuvan",
          "roman": "çekpe",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "word": "чекпе"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rosomáxa",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "росома́ха"
        },
        {
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "böre borsuq",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "word": "بۆرە بورسۇق"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "word": "chồn Gulo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sah",
          "lang": "Yakut",
          "roman": "siegen",
          "sense": "Gulo gulo",
          "word": "сиэгэн"
        }
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɒlvəˌɹiːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌwʊlvəˈɹiːn/",
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        "US",
        "also"
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      },
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      "form": "wolverines",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "English 3-syllable words",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Kazakh terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Yakut terms with redundant script codes",
        "en:Mustelids"
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          "ref": "1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter IV, in The Understanding Heart",
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        "A solitary, fierce mammal of the Mustelidae family, Gulo gulo."
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          "mammal",
          "mammal"
        ],
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          "Mustelidae",
          "Mustelidae#Translingual"
        ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈwʊlvəˌɹiːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɒlvəˌɹiːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌwʊlvəˈɹiːn/",
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        "also"
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      "word": "carcajou"
    },
    {
      "word": "skunk bear"
    },
    {
      "word": "glutton"
    },
    {
      "word": "quickhatch"
    },
    {
      "word": "beaver eater"
    },
    {
      "word": "wolverene"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "wolvering"
    }
  ],
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šarih",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شَرِه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "wulfīrīn",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "وُلْفِيرِين"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kuġx",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "կուղխ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "šatakerik",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "շատակերիկ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "qono",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "ҡоно"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "rasamáxa",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "расама́ха"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rosomáha",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "росома́ха"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lákomec",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ла́комец"
    },
    {
      "code": "bua",
      "lang": "Buryat",
      "roman": "zeegen",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "зээгэн"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "golut"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lánghuān",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "狼獾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diāoxióng",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "貂熊"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckt",
      "lang": "Chukchi",
      "roman": "qėpėr",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "ӄэпэр"
    },
    {
      "code": "cr",
      "lang": "Cree",
      "roman": "kiihkwahaahkew",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "ᑮᐦᑿᐦᐋᐦᑫᐤ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rosomák"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "jærv"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "veelvraat"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "gulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "ahm"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "kaljukass"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jarvur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "ahma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glouton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carcajou"
    },
    {
      "code": "gag",
      "lang": "Gagauz",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "obur"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glutón"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "samuravi",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "სამურავი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vielfraß"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bärenmarder"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "goúlverin",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "γούλβεριν"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "woleweline"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "garg'rán",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "גַּרְגְּרָן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "rozsomák"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jarfi"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "glutemo"
    },
    {
      "code": "iu",
      "lang": "Inuktitut",
      "roman": "qavfik",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "ᖃᕝᕕᒃ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glutan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ghiottone"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "volverina"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "ossifraga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kuzuri",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "クズリ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "貂熊"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "屈狸"
    },
    {
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "zeegn",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "зеегн"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qūnu",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "құну"
    },
    {
      "code": "ket",
      "lang": "Ket",
      "roman": "kùn",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "кун"
    },
    {
      "code": "kjh",
      "lang": "Khakas",
      "roman": "xunu",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "хуну"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ulbeorin",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "울버린"
    },
    {
      "code": "lkt",
      "lang": "Lakota",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "škečátȟaŋka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "kņauss"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "āmrija"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tīnis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ernis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Veelfraat"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "lakomec",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лакомец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "wolverin"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "noxoj zeex",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "нохой зээх"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "niłchiis"
    },
    {
      "code": "niv",
      "lang": "Nivkh",
      "roman": "kʼuzř",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "кʼузр̌"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "geatki"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jerv"
    },
    {
      "code": "oj",
      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "gwiingwa'aage"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eorf"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jerfr"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jarfr"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "volverin",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "ولورین"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rosomak"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carcaju"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glutão"
    },
    {
      "code": "gmq-pro",
      "lang": "Proto-Norse",
      "roman": "erafaʀ",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ᛖᚱᚨᚠᚨᛉ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "polifag american"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gluton"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rosomáxa",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "росома́ха"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gorska kuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rosomah"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "žderonja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "žderavac"
    },
    {
      "code": "cjs",
      "lang": "Shor",
      "roman": "qunučaq",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "қунучақ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rosomák"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rosomáh"
    },
    {
      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "ǰeeken",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "јеекен"
    },
    {
      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "kunu",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "куну"
    },
    {
      "code": "sma",
      "lang": "Southern Sami",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "gierhkie"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glotón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carcayú"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "fisi-milima"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "wolverini"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "järv"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "qomağay",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "комагай"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "wunwer-reen",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "วุลเวอรีน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "kutup porsuğu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "ayı sansarı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tyv",
      "lang": "Tuvan",
      "roman": "çekpe",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "чекпе"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rosomáxa",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "росома́ха"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "böre borsuq",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "بۆرە بورسۇق"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "chồn Gulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "siegen",
      "sense": "Gulo gulo",
      "word": "сиэгэн"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wolverine"
}

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