Definition of wolverine Wolverine

/wʊˌlvɚiˈn/ - [wulvereen] - wol•ver•ine

We found 8 definitions of wolverine from 5 different sources.

What does wolverine mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: wolverines
wolverine - stocky shaggy-coated North American carnivorous mammal
		carcajou, skunk bear, Gulo luscus
		mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals
wolverine - a native or resident of Michigan
		Michigander, Wolverine
wolverine - musteline mammal of northern Eurasia
		glutton, Gulo gulo

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Wiktionary

wolverine (Noun)
A solitary, fierce member of the weasel family, Gulo gulo .

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

wolverine (n.)
The glutton.
wolverine (n.)
A nickname for an inhabitant of Michigan.

Wikipedia

The wolverine ("Gulo gulo") is a member of the Mustelidae family (the weasels). He is not related to the wolf or the bear, as some may think. The male is about 18 inches high, the female 14 inches. Their length ranges from 36 inches (female) to 45 (male) and they can become around 25 to 36 pounds. Their tail measures about 8 inches. Their brown fur protects them from the extremely cold temperatures and their big feet beware them from sinking in the snow.

Wolverines can be found in the Northern United States, in Canada, Alaska, Siberia, Russia, and also in Northern Europe.

The wolverine does not belong to the herbivores (an individual that eats nothing but plants). It is one of the smallest and most powerful predators in the world. If he was as big as a bear, he would be even the strongest animal in the world. But wolverines are not fast movers. Therefore, they do not hunt their prey. They often let other animals do the hunting and afterwards, the wolverines chase them away and are left to eat the kill. Another way of hunting is climbing up a tree and rest there until the prey pasts by. In this case, the wolverine attacks and kills it.

A wolverine feeds almost every non-vegetarian-food that he can find: mice, rats, birds, their eggs, reindeer and other large prey (only in winter, because when snow covers the ground, they are not able to flee as fast as in summer).

Every two or three years, the wolverines make babies. After nine months, in a snowdrift, a tree hollow or under a