different between wolverine vs polverine

English

Alternative forms

• wolverene

Etymology

1619; alteration of earlier wolvering (1574), diminutive of wolver (“ravenous or savage animal; person who behaves like a wolf”) (1593), ultimately from wolf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w?lv???i?n/, /?w?lv???i?n/
• (US, also) IPA^(key): /?w?lv??ri?n/

Noun

wolverine (plural wolverines)

1. A solitary, fierce mammal of the Mustelidae family, Gulo gulo^ws.

Synonyms

• carcajou, skunk bear, glutton, quickhatch, beaver eater

Translations

References

See also

• wolverine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gulo gulo on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

English

Etymology

Italian polverino, from Latin pulvis (“dust”).

Noun

polverine (countable and uncountable, plural polverines)

1. (uncountable) Glassmaker's ashes; a kind of potash or pearlash, brought from the Levant and Syria, used in the manufacture of fine glass.
2. (countable) A tiny biting insect found in South America.

References

• polverine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Italian

Noun

polverine f

1. plural of polverina

Anagrams

• prelevino