Usually means: Extinct large wolf, Pleistocene era.
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  1. dire wolf: Merriam-Webster
  2. dire wolf: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dire wolf: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dire wolf: Wiktionary
  5. dire wolf: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. dire wolf: Dictionary.com
  7. Dire Wolf (song), Dire Wolf, Dire wolf: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (dire wolf)

noun:  An extinct canine (†Aenocyon dirus) from the Pleistocene epoch, heavier and slightly larger than the modern grey wolf.
noun:  (fantasy) Synonym of warg (“type of wolf”)

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