Lycaon
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- 1 An eastern wolf or Algonquin wolf of Canis lycaon or subspecies Canis lupus lycaon.
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From New Latin, from Ancient Greek Λυκάων (Lukáōn, “Lycaon”) the mythological king of Arcadia who was transformed into a wolf by Zeus, λυκάων (lukáōn, “wolves”), from λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”).