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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

dire′ wolf′,

Paleontologyan extinct wolf, Canis dirus, widespread in North America during the Pleistocene Epoch, having a larger body and a smaller brain than the modern wolf.

1920–25; from the Neo-Latin specific epithet dirus inspiring dread; compare dire

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