arctic wolf

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Arctic wolf^¹

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From Arctic + wolf.

From being a wolf found in the Canadian Arctic.

noun Arctic wolves · arctic wolf

uncountable Canis lupus arctos; A subspecies of the grey wolf, living in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, including once Greenland, that is all-white.
Similar: polar wolf, white wolf
countable An individual of the subspecies.

arctic wolf^²

noun arctic wolves

countable, uncountable Alternative letter-case form of Arctic wolf

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@misc{arctic_wolf_2026,
  title = {arctic wolf},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/arctic%20wolf},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}