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wolverines

wolverines is the plural 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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Noun capitalized: Wolverines

Wolverines

  1. (plural) plural of Wolverine

Questions about wolverines

What is wolverines the plural of?
Wolverines is the plural of wolverine.
What part of speech is wolverines?
Wolverines is a noun.

Words near wolverines in the dictionary

  1. wolverenes
  2. Wolverhampton
  3. wolverine
  4. Wolverine State
  5. Wolverine Stater
  6. wolverines
  7. wolvering
  8. wolverings
  9. Wolverley
  10. Wolverley and Cookley
  11. wolvers

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