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Wolverine vs Tayra - What's the difference?

wolverine | tayra |

As nouns the difference between wolverine and tayra

is that wolverine is a solitary, fierce member of the weasel family, Gulo gulo while tayra is a South American carnivore, species: Eira barbara, allied to the grison, with a long thick tail.

wolverine

English

Alternative forms

* wolverene

Noun

(en noun)
  • A solitary, fierce member of the weasel family, Gulo gulo .
  • * 1920 , , The Understanding Heart , Chapter IV
  • *:“Wish I'd been more polite to that girl,” the sheriff remarked regretfully. “ I ain't had a bite to eat since four o'clock this morning, and I'm hungry as a wolverine . … I know she'd have give me another drink of that old moonshine she has.”
  • # A male wolverine, (a female wolverine being called an angeline).

    • Synonyms

    * (animal) Gulo gulo , carcajou, skunk bear, glutton, quickhatch

    See also

    * (wikipedia) * (Gulo gulo)

    tayra

    English

    (wikipedia tayra) (Eira barbara)

    Alternative forms

    * taira

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A South American carnivore, , allied to the grison, with a long thick tail.

    • Synonyms

    * Galera barbara'', ''Mustela barbara'', ''Eirara barbara'', ''Eraria barbara'', ''Galera barbara'', ''Tayra barbara