lobo
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Everything else about the lobo is hearsay, slander, exaggeration, fabrication, aspiration, or plain old myth.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 9, 2015
Gray wolves — also known as Canis lupus, timber wolves, prairie wolves and lobo — are the largest of the 41 species of wild canids, including red wolves, foxes, coyotes and short-eared dogs.
From Washington Post
The werewolf calls are authentic lobo cries, but for the squeak of bats in the night, a technician rubs a cork on the side of a bottle.
From Time Magazine Archive
The gray wolf or lobo, larger and heavier than any dog, and adorned with a bushy tall was a fierce-looking animal, to be sure.
From Tales of Aztlan; the Romance of a Hero of our Late Spanish-American War, Incidents of Interest from the Life of a western Pioneer and Other Tales by George (Henry George August) Hartmann
A mongrel Anglomaniaism is spreading among our wealthy, like mange in a pack o' lobo wolves.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 by William Cowper Brann
As the wolf is to the wildcat—the lobos defeated Davidson’s felines in the second round—the tiger is to the wolf: bigger and beastlier.
From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2012
No. 13 Davidson Wildcats The wildcats toyed with cardinals in the first round, while the lobos stalked and slayed a band of 49ers.
From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2012
Hence, when Bernabe remarked, “You know, Carolina, I really wonder about Horsethief Shorty Wilson sometimes,” she would respond with: “Hay lobos con piel de oveja.”
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
He had had enough of the Valley of the Eagles with its haunting lobos and its cunning human hunters.
From Alcatraz by Max Brand
Epi, upon, and lobos, a pod, combine to make a name applicable to many flowers of this family.
From Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors by Neltje Blanchan
