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lobo

/ˈləʊbəʊ/

lobo noun: a wolf.

Noun

lobo (plural lobos)

  1. (Southwestern, US, dialectal) A wolf.
    • We used to pay a $20.00 bounty a head on lobos for a good many years, but stopped it because it was abused. Lobo scalps from Arizona, [...]1983, David Earl Brown, The Wolf in the Southwest: the making of an endangered species
    • "That may be so," Donnelly allowed, "but there desperate men around these parts, especially wolfers who have been collecting bounties for lobo scalps since the big snows of the Hard Winter."2001, Joseph A. West, Johnny Blue and the Hanging Judge, page 43

Proper noun capitalized: Lobo

Lobo (plural Lobos)

  1. A surname.

Forms of lobo

Noun
plurallobos
alternative formloafer
Proper noun
pluralLobos

Origin of lobo

Borrowed from Spanish lobo (“wolf”). Doublet of lupus and wolf.

Words formed from lobo

Words that rhyme with lobo

Questions about lobo

What does lobo mean?
Lobo means a wolf.
What part of speech is lobo?
Lobo can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce lobo?
Lobo is pronounced /ˈləʊbəʊ/.
What is the plural of lobo?
The plural of lobo is lobos.

Words near lobo in the dictionary

  1. loblolly pine
  2. loblolly pines
  3. loblolly tree
  4. loblolly trees
  5. loblollying
  6. lobo
  7. Loboc
  8. Loboda
  9. lobola
  10. lobolas
  11. lobolo

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