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togony
[< Algonk.; cf. Cree māstuchakunis]
Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
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
1857
I saw great numbers of the case wolf (mischechogonis or togonie) 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.
1913
There were two kinds of wolves, the smaller being those known today by the familiar name of coyote, and then called "togony," an abbreviation of the longer Cree word.