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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A solitary, burrowing carnivorous mammal (Gulo gulo) of northern forest regions, related to the weasel and having a heavyset body, short legs, dark fur, and a bushy tail. Also called carcajou, glutton, skunk bear.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A solitary, fierce member of the weasel family; Gulo gulo

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. stocky shaggy-coated North American carnivorous mammal
  2. n. a native or resident of Michigan
  3. n. musteline mammal of northern Eurasia

Etymologies

  1. Probably from wolf.

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  • dontcry Well then, Pro, I must be a wolverine! May 1, 2009

  • Prolagus This animal is also known with the less alluring name of glutton. Apr 30, 2009

  • seanahan I have to disagree with Chained Bear. The University of Michigan is a prominent university, and very well know in college sports. It is also the premier university in the state of Michigan. As such, residents of Michigan are Wolverines. The animal is fairly obscure, but there are a lot of people from Michigan. Now, I agree that using Wolverine in general to describe Michigan residents and not just alumni is a bit unfortunate, especially for graduates of Michigan State (the Spartans), but it is something I hear all the time. Mar 30, 2009

  • reesetee That's WeirdNet for you. Always rabble-rousing. Mar 14, 2009

  • chained_bear Well of course! But from WeirdNET one would imagine it's filled with wolverines! Mar 14, 2009

  • reesetee But you do agree that Michigan's a lovely place, fur-bearing fissipeds or no? Mar 14, 2009

  • chained_bear "A native or resident of Michigan"? Really, WeirdNET? That's the most prominent definition?

    I'm down with a fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals. Just not so much with Michigan, dig? Mar 13, 2009

  • reesetee What? WeirdNet says, repeatedly, that a wolverine is a "fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals." Isn't that enough for you bear types? Mar 13, 2009

  • lea And without the "beautiful pubic hair. I can't really think of anything else to say right now. I blew a fuse. Need to go away and fix it. Mar 13, 2009

  • chained_bear Wow. "Who designed this" indeed.

    P.S. Weirdnet, WTF? Mar 13, 2009

  • bilby Here. Mar 13, 2009

‘wolverine’ has been looked up 1049 times, added to 22 lists, commented on 11 times, and has a Scrabble score of 15.