lobo

Southwestern gray wolf

Lobo is a Spanish word for wolf that appears in American English place names and regional vocabulary, particularly in the Southwest.

It once referred to the gray wolf or Mexican wolf in that region: The ranchers blamed lobos for the missing cattle.

The word has a rustic, frontier flavor in English contexts. (Capitalized Lobo may be a proper name or team mascot.)

wolf

untamed

Not domesticated

steppe · wildlife · predator · pack · howl · gray · Mexican · cattle · rancher · frontier

mythic

totem

Spiritual clan symbol

shapeshifter · werewolf · skinwalker · trickster · guardian · moon · howling · omen

lone

solitary

Existing alone, apart

nomadic · loner · maverick · outsider · stray · roamer

Categories
Opposites
predator-prey relationship

lobosheep

Woolly farm animal

lamb · deer · elk · prey · rabbit

wild vs. domesticated canid

lobodog

Domesticated barking mammal

domestic dog · lapdog · house dog · puppy · companion animal

canid species distinction

lobocoyote

Wild North American canid

fox · zorro · domestic dog · jackal

Phrases
Family

lobotomy, lobotomized, lobotomize, lobotomizing

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G