: a large, broad-headed, wide-muzzled wolf (Canis lupus) that has a dense, heavy coat of usually light brown or brownish gray interspersed with black above and yellowish white below and that was formerly widely distributed throughout North America and Eurasia but is now greatly restricted to the more northerly parts of its range
The only sizable gray wolf population south of Canada and Alaska continues to roam the forest-and-lake country of northern Minnesota.—Vic Banks
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The gray wolf has been considered a threat to livestock and people for hundreds of years and has been wiped out from most of its original range by hunting, trapping, and poisoning.
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An adult male gray wolf in Klickitat County around Dec. 17.—Christine Clarridge, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025 Axel Hunnicutt, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's gray wolf coordinator, said that the Diamond pack's presence is part of the ongoing southern movement of wolves.—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024 State wildlife officials have confirmed the presence of two new gray wolf packs in Northern California, and estimate there are now at least 70 of the endangered apex predators roaming the state — up from 44 documented last year.—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024 In this unique world, the gray wolf Legoshi and his classmates attend the Cherryton Academy, where all students stay in dormitories.—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gray wolf
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