Wol·ver·ene, Wol·ver·ine  n.
  1. Zool.  A carnivorous mammal (Gulo gulo formerly Gulo luscus), of the weasel family Mustelidae, about the size of a large badger; called also glutton and carcajou. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.
  2. A nickname for an inhabitant of Michigan.  [U. S.]
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  Glut·ton n.
  1. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.
  2. Fig.: One who gluts himself.
     Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy.   --Granville.
  3. Zool. A carnivorous mammal (Gulo gulo formerly Gulo luscus), of the weasel family Mustelidæ, about the size of a large badger; called also wolverine, wolverene and carcajou. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.
  Glutton bird Zool., the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea); -- called also Mother Carey's goose, and mollymawk.
  Gulo gulo
       n : wolverine of northern Eurasia [syn: glutton, wolverine]