Armbruster's wolf

noun

An extinct canine (†Aenocyon armbrusteri; previously †Canis armbrusteri), which lived in North America during the Early to Middle Pleistocene epoch.

Origintaxonomic name Canis armbrusteri →
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Meanings

nounArmbruster's wolf (plural Armbruster's wolves)

plural Armbruster's wolves

  1. biologyAn extinct canine (†Aenocyon armbrusteri; previously †Canis armbrusteri), which lived in North America during the Early to Middle Pleistocene epoch.

Origin

  1. taxonomic nameCanis armbrusteri
  2. EnglishArmbruster's wolf

Calque of taxonomic name Canis armbrusteri.

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