Usually means: Extinct large wolf, Pleistocene era.
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  1. dire wolf: Merriam-Webster
  2. dire wolf: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dire wolf: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dire wolf: Wiktionary
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  6. dire wolf: Dictionary.com
  7. Dire Wolf (song), Dire Wolf, Dire wolf: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (dire wolf)

▸ noun:  An extinct canine (†Aenocyon dirus) from the Pleistocene epoch, heavier and slightly larger than the modern grey wolf.
▸ noun:  (fantasy) Synonym of warg (“type of wolf”)

Similar:
gray wolf, grey wolf, Wolfe, wolfdog, white wolf, wolf, timber wolf, Indian wolf, red wolf, wolf-dog, more...

Opposite:
common wolf, gray wolf, timber wolf

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Similar:
gray wolf, grey wolf, Wolfe, wolfdog, white wolf, wolf, timber wolf, Indian wolf, red wolf, wolf-dog, more...

Opposite:
common wolf, gray wolf, timber wolf



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