maned wolf

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   reddish-grey wolf of southwestern North America

   Synonymsred wolfCanis rufusCanis niger

   Broaderwolf

Questions about maned wolf

What does maned wolf mean?

maned wolf means "reddish-grey wolf of southwestern North America".

What is another word for maned wolf?

Close synonyms include red wolf, Canis rufus, Canis niger. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is maned wolf a common word?

maned wolf is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.