gray wolf

noun

1. a wolf, Canis lupus, having a usually grizzled, blackish, or whitish coat: formerly common in Eurasia and North America, some subspecies are now reduced in numbers or near extinction.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gray wolf¹

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

Example Sentences

In the 1990s, about seven decades after the last wolf pack was killed in Yellowstone National Park, officials relocated 41 gray wolves to the park.

From Seattle Times

House voted Tuesday to end federal protection for gray wolves, approving a bill that would remove them from the endangered species list across the lower 48 states.

From Seattle Times

Roell said the DNR received genetic test results from two laboratories late last week confirming that it was a gray wolf and the agency seized the carcass from the taxidermist earlier this week.

From Seattle Times

Zaccardi stopped the car, looked to her left and saw it: A large, majestic gray wolf, staring at her from the top of a nearby hill.

From Salon

It was a snowy October day when Joshua Welter spotted the large gray wolf pack just south of the road in Wyoming’s Yellowstone National Park.

From National Geographic