wolverineとは

別の表記

• wolverene

語源

1619; alteration of earlier wolvering (1574), diminutive of wolver (“ravenous または savage animal; person who behaves like a wolf”) (1593),^[1] ultimately from wolf.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈwʊlvəˌɹiːn/, /ˈwɒlvəˌɹiːn/, 米国発音 also: /ˌwʊlvəˈriːn/

名詞

wolverine (複数形 wolverines)

1. A solitary, fierce mammal of the Mustelidae family, Gulo gulo.
   • 1920, Peter B. Kyne, The Understanding Heart, Chapter IV

     “Wish I'd been more polite to that girl,” the sheriff remarked regretfully. “ I ain't had a bite to eat since four o'clock this morning, and I'm hungry as a wolverine. … I know she'd have give me another drink of that old moonshine she has.”

   1. A male wolverine, (a female wolverine being called an angeline).

同意語

• (animal): Gulo gulo, carcajou, skunk bear, glutton, quickhatch

geographic distribution of
wolverines

参照

参考

• wolverine on Wikipedia.
• Gulo gulo on Wikispecies.