lobo
/ˈləʊbəʊ
/noun (plural lobos) North American
(In the south-western US and Mexico) a timber wolf.Killings threaten lobos in Rocky Mountains...
- The last of the San Juan lobos - the last wild wolf in Colorado - was killed in 1945, felled by a government wildlife officer within sight of a herd of cattle.
- For information on the Mexican gray wolf or lobo, which is not affected by the reclassification proposal, visit Region 2's ‘Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery’ webpage.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Spanish, from Latin lupus 'wolf'.
Rhymes
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- Broad Church
- broadcloth
- broaden
- broaden one's horizons
- broad gauge
- broad in the beam
- broad jump
- broadleaf
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- Broad Left
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- broadly
- broad-minded
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- broad money