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wolf

DEFINITIONS OF: wolf

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n any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs

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wolf cub, wolf pup
a young wolf
Canis lupus, gray wolf, grey wolf, timber wolf
a wolf with a brindled grey coat living in forested northern regions of North America
Arctic wolf, Canis lupus tundrarum, white wolf
wolf of Arctic North America having white fur and a black-tipped tail
Canis niger, Canis rufus, maned wolf, red wolf
reddish-grey wolf of southwestern North America
Canis latrans, brush wolf, coyote, prairie wolf
small wolf native to western North America
coydog
offspring of a coyote and a dog
Type of:
canid, canine
any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles

n a cruelly rapacious person

Synonyms:
beast, brute, savage, wildcat
Type of:
aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker
someone who attacks

n a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women

Synonyms:
masher, skirt chaser, woman chaser
Type of:
philanderer, womaniser, womanizer
a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them

v eat hastily

“The teenager wolfed down the pizza”
Synonyms:
wolf down
Type of:
eat
take in solid food
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