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case(d) wolf
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a small wolf, Canis latrans, usually associated with the prairies but found across Canada, mainly in the region south of the range of the larger timber wolf.
Quotations
1857
I saw great numbers of the case wolf . . . prowling about. This is the wolf proper to the partially wooded country, and is about twice the size of a fox, with a tail shaped like the brush of that animal.
1950
"Cased wolf" became the trade name for the animal [coyote], from the fact that the pelt was cased--peeled off without slitting the body--and dried over a frame. . . .