wolverine

[ wool-vuh-reen, wool-vuh-reen ]

noun

1. Also called carcajou. a stocky, carnivorous North American mammal, Gulo luscus, of the weasel family, having blackish, shaggy hair with white markings.
2. (initial capital letter) a native or inhabitant of Michigan (the Wolverine State) (used as a nickname).

wolverine

/ ˈwʊlvəˌriːn /

noun

1. a large musteline mammal, Gulo gulo, of northern forests of Eurasia and North America having dark very thick water-resistant fur Also calledglutton

Word History and Origins

Origin of wolverine¹

1565–75; alteration of earlier wolvering (with -ine ² for -ing ³ ), obscure derivative of wolf

Word History and Origins

Origin of wolverine¹

C16 wolvering, from wolf + -ing ³ (later altered to -ine )

Example Sentences

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From Popular-Science

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From Popular-Science

The Wolverine SD9113 Heavy Duty Shredder puts P-4 security on everything that passes through its cutters.

From Popular-Science

So we are inching ever closer to reuniting with Wolverine and Storm and Magneto.

From Time

A big part of that effort is documenting where and when wolverines pass through.

From Popular-Science

The co-owner of Metropolis Collectables, Vincent has Wolverine mutton chops, a Tony Stark goatee, and Lex Luthor swagger.

From The Daily Beast

Hugh Jackman has been Wolverine in the movies and the flashy Boy From Oz on stage.

From The Daily Beast

The most credible scientific data on wolverine behavior documents an absolute dependence on “persistent spring snow habitat.”

From The Daily Beast

“X-men Origins: Wolverine” featured a pharmaceutical plot twist so inane it was almost awesome.

From The Daily Beast

The line I keep saying is that nobody goes around saying, “Hey, Iron Man has a better sense of humor than Wolverine.”

From The Daily Beast

At last he met a wolverine who told him that he had been there himself, and promised to set him on the way.

From Project Gutenberg

And then, when almost to the river, sitting up and looking out from a brush patch, he saw a wolverine coming straight toward him.

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As night approached an animal, judged to be the wolverine, was seen swimming across the stream.

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Sometimes he was the beautiful white rabbit; then he would be a wolf or a wolverine; then he would be a lovely bird.

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However, they had courage enough to ask the lightning to take off the fine coat of the wolverine but not to kill him.

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