plural lobos
: gray wolf
Once a year, the Biology Undergraduate Society (BUGS) creates an opportunity for students to meet live lobos.—
UNM Newsroom
UNM NewsroomMembers of the Mexican Wolf Interagency Field Team and their equally dedicated colleagues at the Endangered Wolf Center are to be congratulated for successfully placing a total of eight tiny lobo puppies into wild dens.—Jean C. Ossorio
Jean C. OssorioExamples of lobo in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Every Global Academy of Phoenix teacher wore a mask with the school's logo on it — a lobo, or a wolf — and their name.
—Lily Altavena, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2020
The gray wolf that made headlines in 2011 for becoming the first lobo in nearly a century to lope in California’s wilderness is presumed dead.
—Suzanne Espinosa Solis, SFChronicle.com, 15 Apr. 2020
A woman sitting in front of him expressed indignation that one of the scenes featured a bison that had become trapped in ice and slowly dying from hypothermia before it was feasted upon by lobos.
—National Geographic, 24 May 2016
These examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
illustrate current usage. Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of
Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback
about these examples.
Lily Altavena, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2020
The gray wolf that made headlines in 2011 for becoming the first lobo in nearly a century to lope in California’s wilderness is presumed dead.
—Suzanne Espinosa Solis, SFChronicle.com, 15 Apr. 2020
A woman sitting in front of him expressed indignation that one of the scenes featured a bison that had become trapped in ice and slowly dying from hypothermia before it was feasted upon by lobos.
—National Geographic, 24 May 2016
Dictionary Entries Near lobo
Cite this Entry
“Lobo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lobo. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share