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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A large extinct wolflike mammal (Canis dirus) that inhabited North America during the Pleistocene Epoch.

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  • noun An extinct canine (Canis dirus) from the Pleistocene era

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