Definition of dire wolf
: a large extinct wolflike mammal (Canis dirus) known from Pleistocene deposits of North America
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Game of Spoils blocks out mentions from Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Google News and anywhere else where people are having conversations about Targaryens and dire wolves.
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Among them were the remains of dire wolves, camels, horses and gophers—but the most intriguing were those belonging to an adult male mastodon.
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Turn the clock back 1.8 million years, and the world was full of fantastic beasts: In North America, lions, dire wolves and giant sloths prowled the land.
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First Known Use of dire wolf
1925
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