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lycaon

lycaon proper noun: an eastern wolf or Algonquin wolf of Canis lycaon or subspecies Canis lupus lycaon.

Proper noun

lycaon (plural lycaons)

  1. An eastern wolf or Algonquin wolf of Canis lycaon or subspecies Canis lupus lycaon.

Forms of lycaon

plurallycaons

Origin of lycaon

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek Λυκάων (Lukáōn, “Lycaon”) the mythological king of Arcadia who was transformed into a wolf by Zeus, λυκάων (lukáōn, “wolves”), from λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”).

Questions about lycaon

What does lycaon mean?
Lycaon means an eastern wolf or Algonquin wolf of Canis lycaon or subspecies Canis lupus lycaon.
What part of speech is lycaon?
Lycaon is a proper noun.

Words near lycaon in the dictionary

  1. lycanthropies
  2. lycanthropist
  3. lycanthropists
  4. lycanthropous
  5. lycanthropy
  6. lycaon
  7. Lycaonia
  8. Lycaonian
  9. Lycaonians
  10. LYCE
  11. lycea

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