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Definition of Maned wolf
1. Noun. Reddish-grey wolf of southwestern North America.
Definition of Maned wolf
1. Noun. the largest canid of South America, Chrysocyon brachyurus. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maned Wolf
Literary usage of Maned wolf
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century (1902)
"I. THE maned wolf, OK WHAT ? 'HE director of the Bronx Zoological Garden summed
up the situation pretty accurately when, in answer to my request for ..."
2. The Standard Library of Natural History: Embracing Living Animals of Thw by Charles John Cornish (1908)
"THE maned wolf This is by far the largest of several peculiar South American
species of the Dog Family which we have not room to mention. ..."
3. The New International Encyclopaedia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1906)
"... described under Fox-Doc, maned wolf, and other names. For illustrations and
bibliography, see CANID.F. ; DOG. WOLF, TASMANIAN or ZERRA. ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"maned wolf, a long-legged, slender- bodied, long-nosed, brightly reddish wolf (Canis
jubatus) of eastern South America, which may be regarded as one of the ..."
5. Chambers' Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge by William Chambers, Robert Chambers (1892)
"... but the most characteristic mark is a black patch just above the heel. (4)
C.jubatus (maned wolf) is the largest of its family in South America. ..."
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