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lobo

noun
lo·​bo | \ ˈlō-(ˌ)bō How to pronounce lobo (audio) \
plural lobos

Definition of lobo

: gray wolf

Examples of lobo in a Sentence

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 A woman sitting in front of him expressed indignation that one of the scenes featured a bison that had become trapped in ice and slowly dying from hypothermia before it was feasted upon by lobos. — National Geographic, "To Rescue or Not, That is the Question With Distressed Animals," 24 May 2016

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First Known Use of lobo

1839, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for lobo

Spanish, wolf, from Latin lupus — more at wolf

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