DCHP-3

prairie wolf†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the 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.

See: coyote(def. 1)

Quotations

1836
The prairie wolf, the kit-fox and various marmots are peculiar to the plains.
1963
Mishagunis--that's what the Crees call him, the grey jackal of the plains which we call in English the prairie wolf, but more often in corruption of its Aztec name, coyote--locally pronounced kī-yiut' or koy-yo'té.