arctic wolf

noun

Canis lupus arctos; A subspecies of the grey wolf, living in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, including once Greenland, that is all-white.

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polar wolfwhite wolfCanis lupus arctos
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Meanings

arctic wolf1

nounarctic wolf (countable and uncountable, plural arctic wolves)

plural arctic wolves

  1. countableuncountableAlternative letter-case form of Arctic wolf.

Arctic wolf2

nounArctic wolf (countable and uncountable, plural Arctic wolves)

plural Arctic wolves · alternative arctic wolf

  1. uncountableCanis lupus arctos; A subspecies of the grey wolf, living in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, including once Greenland, that is all-white.

    Synonyms: polar wolf, white wolf

  2. countableAn individual of the subspecies.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounCanis lupus arctos; A subspecies of the grey wolf, living in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, including once Greenland, that is all-white.

Similar
polar wolfwhite wolf

More synonyms by meaning

nounwolf of Arctic North America having white fur and a black-tipped tail

Similar
white wolfCanis lupus arctos
Broader
wolf
Also see
polar wolfwhite wolf

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From Arctic + wolf. From being a wolf found in the Canadian Arctic.

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APA

arctic wolf. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arctic%20wolf

MLA

“arctic wolf.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arctic%20wolf. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arctic wolf,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arctic%20wolf.

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