Meaning

2 senses
  1. An extinct canine (†Aenocyon dirus) from the Pleistocene epoch, heavier and slightly larger than the modern grey wolf.

    ужа́сный во́лкužásnyj vólk

  2. Synonym of warg (“type of wolf”).

Examples

2 sentences
  1. They're not fully dire wolves, though.

  2. The Dire Wolf enemy type is really just the same as the Wolf, but with higher stats and a different skin.

Translations

5 languages
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By meaning 1
extinct canine:

Origin

Calque from taxonomic name †Canis dirus.

Calque from taxonomic name †Canis dirus.

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Forms

plural: dire wolves

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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