wolf
Webster Dictionary
any one of several species of wild and savage carnivores belonging to the genus Canis and closely allied to the common dog. The best-known and most destructive species are the European wolf (Canis lupus), the American gray, or timber, wolf (C. occidentalis), and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in packs, and may thus attack large animals and even man
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citigradae
Webster Dictionary
a suborder of Arachnoidea, including the European tarantula and the wolf spiders (Lycosidae) and their allies, which capture their prey by rapidly running and jumping. See Wolf spider
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demiwolf
Webster Dictionary
a half wolf; a mongrel dog, between a dog and a wolf
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wolfish
Webster Dictionary
like a wolf; having the qualities or form of a wolf; as, a wolfish visage; wolfish designs
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thylacine
Webster Dictionary
the zebra wolf. See under Wolf
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howl
(ʊl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the cry of a dog, wolf, or the like.
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wolf dog
(ˈwʊlfˌbɛr i, -bə ri)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a cross between a wolf and a domestic dog.
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lupine
(ˈlu paɪn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
pertaining to or characteristic of the wolf.
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wolf
(ʊlf)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
cry wolf, to give a false alarm.
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lobo
(ˈloʊ boʊ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the gray or timber wolf of the western U.S.
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wolf
(ʊlf)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any of several other large canids, as the maned wolf.
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wolf
(ʊlf)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
keep the wolf from the door, to avert poverty or starvation.
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werewolf
(ˌwʊlvz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(in folklore) a person who has assumed the form of a wolf.
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whelp
(ʰwɛlp, wɛlp)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the young of the dog, or of the wolf, bear, lion, tiger, seal, etc.
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cub
(ʌb)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the young of certain animals, esp. the bear, wolf, lion, and whale.
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lycanthropy
(ɪˈkæn θrə pi)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the supposed or fabled assumption by a human being of the appearance of a wolf.
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lycanthropy
(ɪˈkæn θrə pi)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
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howl
(ʊl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(of a dog, wolf, or the like) to utter a characteristic loud, prolonged, mournful cry.
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timber wolf
(ˈtɪm bərˌlaɪn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the gray wolf, Canis lupus, esp. the North American populations,
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wolves
Webster Dictionary
pl. of Wolf
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wolves
Webster Dictionary
of Wolf
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family lycosidae
(Lycosidae, family Lycosidae)
Princeton's WordNet
wolf spiders
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wolf cub
(wolf pup, wolf cub)
Princeton's WordNet
a young wolf
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genus thylacinus
(Thylacinus, genus Thylacinus)
Princeton's WordNet
Tasmanian wolf
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wolfishly
(wolfishly)
Princeton's WordNet
in the manner of a wolf
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thylacinus
(Thylacinus, genus Thylacinus)
Princeton's WordNet
Tasmanian wolf
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lycosidae
(Lycosidae, family Lycosidae)
Princeton's WordNet
wolf spiders
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wolf pup
(wolf pup, wolf cub)
Princeton's WordNet
a young wolf
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tarantula
(ˌli)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a large wolf spider, Lycosa tarentula, of S Europe, having a bite once thought to be the cause of tarantism.
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wolf
(ʊlf)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
wolf in sheep's clothing, a person who conceals evil beneath an innocent exterior.
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