wolverine 音标拼音: [w
, ʊlvɚ'in]
n . 狼獾之类
狼獾之类
Wolverine n 1 :
a native or resident of Michigan [
synonym : {
Michigander },
{
Wolverine }]
2 :
musteline mammal of northern Eurasia [
synonym : {
glutton }, {
Gulo gulo }, {
wolverine }]
3 :
stocky shaggy -
coated North American carnivorous mammal [
synonym :
{
wolverine }, {
carcajou }, {
skunk bear }, {
Gulo luscus }]
Glutton \
Glut "
ton \,
n . [
OE .
glotoun ,
glotun ,
F .
glouton ,
fr .
L .
gluto ,
glutto .
See {
Glut }.]
[
1913 Webster ]
1 .
One who eats voraciously ,
or to excess ;
a gormandizer .
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2 .
Fig .:
One who gluts himself .
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Gluttons in murder ,
wanton to destroy . --
Granville .
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3 . (
Zool .)
A carnivorous mammal ({
Gulo gulo }
formerly {
Gulo luscus }),
of the weasel family {
Mustelid [
ae ]},
about the size of a large badger ;
called also {
wolverine },
{
wolverene }
and {
carcajou }.
It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious ,
whence the name .
It is a native of the northern parts of America ,
Europe ,
and Asia .
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1913 Webster PJC ]
{
Glutton bird } (
Zool .),
the giant fulmar ({
Ossifraga gigantea }); --
called also {
Mother Carey '
s goose },
and {
mollymawk }.
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1913 Webster ]
Wolverene \
Wol `
ver *
ene "\,
Wolverine \
Wol `
ver *
ine "\,
n . [
From {
Wolf },
with a dim suffix ;
prob .
so called from its supposed wolfish qualities .]
1 . (
Zool .)
A carnivorous mammal ({
Gulo gulo }
formerly {
Gulo luscus }),
of the weasel family {
Mustelidae },
about the size of a large badger ;
called also {
glutton }
and {
carcajou }.
It is a native of the northern parts of America ,
Europe ,
and Asia .
[
1913 Webster PJC ]
2 .
A nickname for an inhabitant of Michigan . [
U .
S .]
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1913 Webster ]
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "
wolverine ":
Cape polecat ,
ape ,
bar ,
bear ,
cavy ,
chimp ,
chimpanzee ,
coon ,
ferret ,
foumart ,
glutton ,
groundhog ,
guinea pig ,
hedgehog ,
monk ,
monkey ,
mousehound ,
opossum ,
polecat ,
porcupine ,
possum ,
prairie dog ,
quill pig ,
raccoon ,
skunk ,
weasel ,
whistle -
pig ,
woodchuck ,
zoril
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