Definition of wolf

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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..

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Sea Wolf :: Sea wolf () The wolf fish.
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.;
Wolfish :: Wolfish (a.) Like a wolf; having the qualities or form of a wolf; as, a wolfish visage; wolfish designs..
Wehrwolf :: Wehrwolf (n.) See Werewolf.
Wolfling :: Wolfling (n.) A young wolf.
Point :: Point (n.) To direct toward an abject; to aim; as, to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort..
Citigradae :: Citigradae (n. pl.) 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..
Lupus :: Lupus (n.) The Wolf, a constellation situated south of Scorpio..
Parepididymis :: Parepididymis (n.) A small body containing convoluted tubules, situated near the epididymis in man and some other animals, and supposed to be a remnant of the anterior part of the Wolffian body..
Mesonephric :: Mesonephric (a.) Of or pertaining to the mesonephros; as, the mesonephric, or Wolffian, duct..
Sulphovinic :: Sulphotungstic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, hypothetical sulphacid of tungsten (called also sulphowolframic acid), analogous to sulphuric acid, and known in its salts..
Wolf :: Wolf (a.) A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries..
Parorchis :: Parorchis (n.) The part of the epididymis; or the corresponding part of the excretory duct of the testicle, which is derived from the Wolffian body..
Loups :: Loups (n. pl.) The Pawnees, a tribe of North American Indians whose principal totem was the wolf..
Sea Wolf :: Sea wolf () A sea lion.
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..
Wolves :: Wolves (n.) pl. of Wolf.
Wolf :: Wolf (a.) An eating ulcer or sore. Cf. Lupus.
Thylacine :: Thylacine (n.) The zebra wolf. See under Wolf.
Wolfkin :: Wolfkin (n.) A little or young wolf.
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