red wolf

English

noun
Definitions
  • a fertile hybrid pseudo-species of wolf resulting from the crossbreeding of gray wolves and coyotes whose contributions to the red wolf genome is roughly 25% to 75%, respectively; which is found in the United States Southwest region

Etymology

Compound from English red (having red as its colour) + English wolf.

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English

wolf

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