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Wolverine   /wˌʊlvərˈin/   Listen
Wolverine

noun
1.
A native or resident of Michigan.  Synonym: Michigander.
2.
Musteline mammal of northern Eurasia.  Synonyms: glutton, Gulo gulo.
3.
Stocky shaggy-coated North American carnivorous mammal.  Synonyms: carcajou, Gulo luscus, skunk bear.



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"Wolverine" Quotes from Famous Books



... and scarcely deign to consider him as an enemy. Peter Nogan assured me that he never was near enough to one in his life to shoot it; that, except in large companies, and when greatly pressed by hunger, they rarely attack men. They hold the lynx, or wolverine, in much dread, as they often spring from trees upon their prey, fastening upon the throat with their sharp teeth and claws, from which a person in the dark could scarcely free himself without first receiving a dangerous wound. The cry of this animal is very terrifying, resembling ...
— Roughing it in the Bush • Susanna Moodie

... the Otter first essayed it; How the Beaver, Lynx, and Badger Tried in turn the great achievement, 35 From the summit of the mountain Smote their fists against the heavens, Smote against the sky their foreheads, Cracked the sky, but could not break it; How the Wolverine, uprising, 40 Made him ready for the encounter, Bent his knees down, like a squirrel, Drew his arms back, like a cricket. "Once he leaped," said old Iagoo, "Once he leaped, and lo! above him 45 Bent the sky, as ice in rivers When the waters rise beneath it; Twice he leaped, ...
— The Song of Hiawatha - An Epic Poem • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

... natural history of a region may thus be read without resorting to a book. Count the fauna: Eagle River, Bald Eagle, Buffalo Lake, Great Bear Lake, Salmon Falls, Snake River, Wolf Creek, White Fish River, Leech Lake, Beaver Bay, Carp River, Pigeon Falls, Elkhorn, Wolverine, Crane Hill, Rabbit Butte, Owl, Rattlesnake, Curlew, Little Crow, Mullet Lake, Clam Lake, Turtle Creek, Deerfield, Porcupine Tail, Pelican Lake, Kingfisher, Ravens' Spring, Deer Ears, Bee Hill, Fox Creek, White Rabbit—can any one mistake the animals haunting these places ...
— A Hero and Some Other Folks • William A. Quayle

... he heard a strange sound in the white wall. He did not know that it was a wolverine, standing outside, all a-trembling with its own daring, and cautiously scenting out the contents of the cave. The cub knew only that the sniff was strange, a something unclassified, therefore unknown and terrible—for the unknown was one of the chief elements that went ...
— White Fang • Jack London



Words linked to "Wolverine" :   mustelid, American, musteline mammal, Gulo, genus Gulo, Michigander, skunk bear, musteline



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