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noun
Canis lupus arctos; A subspecies of the grey wolf, living in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, including once Greenland, that is all-white.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
An individual of the subspecies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Arctic wolf.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, countable, uncountable
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noun
wolf of Arctic North America having white fur and a black-tipped tail
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: white wolf, Canis lupus tundrarum
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Broader terms: wolf
History
From Arctic + wolf. From being a wolf found in the Canadian Arctic.
