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DEFINITIONS OF:
wolf
1
n
any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
Types:
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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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