Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bernard's wolf

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.32 in modern English

Syllables: bernard's -wolf
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An extinct subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus bernardi) that was limited to Banks and Victoria Island of the Arctic Archipelago.

Example Sentences

"Until very recently, humans never really cared much about whether species disappeared. History is littered with our indifference—dodo birds, great auks, 24-rayed sunstars, dusky seaside sparrows, Bernard’s wolves."

Etymology

Formally discovered, classified, and named after Peter Bernard and Joseph F. Bernard, his nephew, after an adult male skin and skull was collected by them and brought to the National Museum of Canada.

Inflected Forms

Bernard's wolves (plural)

Questions

What does bernard's wolf mean?: An extinct subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus bernardi) that was limited to Banks and Victoria Island of the Arctic Archipelago.
Where does bernard's wolf come from?: Formally discovered, classified, and named after Peter Bernard and Joseph F. Bernard, his nephew, after an adult male skin and skull was collected by them and brought to the National Museum of Canada.

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