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Japanese wolf

Japanese wolf noun: canis lupus hodophilax, an extinct subspecies of the grey wolf that was once endemic to the islands of Honshū, Shikoku and Kyūshū in the Japanese archipelago.

Noun

Japanese wolf (plural Japanese wolves)

  1. Canis lupus hodophilax, an extinct subspecies of the grey wolf that was once endemic to the islands of Honshū, Shikoku and Kyūshū in the Japanese archipelago.
    Synonyms:
    Honshu wolf

Synonyms of Japanese wolf

Forms of Japanese wolf

pluralJapanese wolves

Questions about Japanese wolf

What does Japanese wolf mean?
Japanese wolf means canis lupus hodophilax, an extinct subspecies of the grey wolf that was once endemic to the islands of Honshū, Shikoku and Kyūshū in the Japanese archipelago.
What part of speech is Japanese wolf?
Japanese wolf is a noun.
What is the plural of Japanese wolf?
The plural of Japanese wolf is Japanese wolves.

Words near Japanese wolf in the dictionary

  1. Japanese wagtail
  2. Japanese wagtails
  3. Japanese wax
  4. Japanese weasel
  5. Japanese weasels
  6. Japanese wolf
  7. Japanese wolves
  8. Japanese yew
  9. Japanese yews
  10. Japanesely
  11. Japaneseness

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