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red wolf

red wolf noun: canis rufus, a medium-sized canine native to the southeastern United States.

red wolf: canis rufus, a medium-sized canine native to the southeastern United States
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Noun

red wolf (plural red wolves)

  1. Canis rufus, a medium-sized canine native to the southeastern United States.

red wolf meaning in Tamil, Malay and Vietnamese

red wolf in Tamil

சிவப்பு ஓநாய்

red wolf in Malay

Canis rufus
serigala merah

red wolf in Vietnamese

Canis rufus
sói đỏ Bắc Mỹ

Forms of red wolf

pluralred wolves

Origin of red wolf

From red + wolf from being a grey wolf relative with a reddish coat.

Questions about red wolf

What does red wolf mean?
Red wolf means canis rufus, a medium-sized canine native to the southeastern United States.
What is red wolf in Tamil?
Red wolf in Tamil is சிவப்பு ஓநாய். See Red wolf meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is red wolf?
Red wolf is a noun.
What is the plural of red wolf?
The plural of red wolf is red wolves.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: red wolf (page history and authors); red wolf (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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