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View synonyms for prairie wolf

prairie wolf

prairie wolf

noun

  1. another name for coyote
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of prairie wolf1

An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805
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Example Sentences

Convinced that the object moving along the ridge really was a prairie wolf, they mounted the ponies and continued into the north.

We found that of the wild creatures that inhabited our valley, the prairie wolf was by far the most sagacious of all.

The latter is smaller, of a dingy yellow color, and bears the generic name of prairie wolf.

Having done that, he ordered them to ride slowly forward until he raised the cry of the prairie wolf.

It was a long time before they finally heard the dismal call of the prairie wolf, far away toward the west.

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