wolverine

Etymology

1619; alteration of earlier wolvering (1574), diminutive of wolver (“ravenous or savage animal; person who behaves like a wolf”) (1593), ultimately from wolf.

noun

  1. A solitary, fierce mammal of the Mustelidae family, Gulo gulo.
    “Wish I'd been more polite to that girl,” the sheriff remarked regretfully. “ I ain't had a bite to eat since four o'clock this morning, and I'm hungry as a wolverine. … I know she'd have give me another drink of that old moonshine she has.” 1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter IV, in The Understanding Heart

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