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Definition of wolf

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Wolf (a.) 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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Langdak :: Langdak (n.) A wolf (Canis pallipes), found in India, allied to the jackal..

Aard-wolf :: Aard-wolf (n.) A carnivorous quadruped (Proteles Lalandii), of South Africa, resembling the fox and hyena. See Proteles..

Mesonephric :: Mesonephric (a.) Of or pertaining to the mesonephros; as, the mesonephric, or Wolffian, duct..

Sea Cat :: Sea cat () The wolf fish.

Fragmentist :: Fragmentist (n.) A writer of fragments; as, the fragmentist of Wolfenbuttel..

Cursores :: Cursores (n. pl.) A group of running spiders; the wolf spiders.

F :: F () F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. The Latin borrowed the form from the Greek digamma /, which probably had the value of English w consonant. The form and value of Greek letter came from the Phoenician, the ultimate source being probably Egyptian. Etymologically f is most closely related to p, k, v, and b; as in E. five, Gr. pe`nte; E. wolf, L. lupus, Gr. ly`kos; E. fox, vixen ; fragile, break; fruit, brook, v. t.;

Mark :: Mark (v. t.) To be a mark upon; to designate; to indicate; -- used literally and figuratively; as, this monument marks the spot where Wolfe died; his courage and energy marked him for a leader..

Wolframate :: Wolframate (n.) A salt of wolframic acid; a tungstate.

Wolffian :: Wolffian (a.) Discovered, or first described, by Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1733-1794), the founder of modern embryology..

Tungstite :: Tungstite (n.) The oxide of tungsten, a yellow mineral occurring in a pulverulent form. It is often associated with wolfram..

Sea Wolf :: Sea wolf () A sea lion.

Lycanthropy :: Lycanthropy (n.) A kind of erratic melancholy, in which the patient imagines himself a wolf, and imitates the actions of that animal..

Ravenous :: Ravenous (a.) Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture..

Catfish :: Catfish (n.) A name given in the United States to various species of siluroid fishes; as, the yellow cat (Amiurus natalis); the bind cat (Gronias nigrilabrus); the mud cat (Pilodictic oilwaris), the stone cat (Noturus flavus); the sea cat (Arius felis), etc. This name is also sometimes applied to the wolf fish. See Bullhrad..

Fox :: Fox (n.) A sword; -- so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox..

Wolf :: Wolf (a.) A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries..

Wolframic :: Wolframic (a.) Of or pertaining to wolframium. See Tungstic.

Dingo :: Dingo (n.) A wild dog found in Australia, but supposed to have introduced at a very early period. It has a wolflike face, bushy tail, and a reddish brown color..

Wolf :: Wolf (a.) Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door..