# wolverine

Pronunciation: US say "wuul-vuh-REEN" /ˌwʊlvəˈɹiːn/; UK say "WUUL-vuh-reen" /ˈwʊlvəˌɹiːn/

## Noun

1. A solitary, fierce mammal of the weasel family (Mustelidae), known to science as Gulo gulo.
   - Simple: A fierce wild animal of the weasel family that lives alone.
   - _Biologists fitted a young wolverine with a radio collar to follow it through the mountains._
   - _He fought like a cornered wolverine when the guards tried to hold him down._

## Noun · Wolverine

2. A person connected with the University of Michigan, such as a student, a graduate, a member of one of its sports teams, or a fan.
   - Simple: A person who goes to the University of Michigan, went there, plays for its teams, or is a fan.
   - _As a proud Wolverine, she hangs a maize-and-blue flag outside her house every football season._
   - _The Wolverines rallied in the second half to beat their old rivals._
3. A person who was born in or lives in the US state of Michigan.
   - Simple: A person who was born in the US state of Michigan or who lives there.
   - _A Wolverine by birth, she still calls Michigan home after twenty years in Texas._
   - _Like many Wolverines, he leaves Detroit for a cabin up north as soon as summer arrives._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/wolverine (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).