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wolverene

wolverene is the alternative spelling of wolverine.

Meaning of wolverine

Noun

wolverine (plural wolverines)

  1. A solitary, fierce mammal of the Mustelidae family, Gulo gulo.
    • “Wish I'd been more polite to that girl,” the sheriff remarked regretfully. “I ain't had a bite to eat since four o'clock this morning, and I'm hungry as a wolverine. … I know she'd have give me another drink of that old moonshine she has.”1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter IV, in The Understanding Heart

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Forms of wolverene

pluralwolverenes

Questions about wolverene

What is wolverene the alternative spelling of?
Wolverene is the alternative spelling of wolverine.

Words near wolverene in the dictionary

  1. wolved down
  2. wolven
  3. wolvens
  4. wolver
  5. Wolvercote
  6. wolverene
  7. wolverenes
  8. Wolverhampton
  9. wolverine
  10. Wolverine State
  11. Wolverine Stater

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