Dictionary
wolf
Meaning
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- Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.
- Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.
- A man who makes amorous advances to many women.
- A wolf tone or wolf note.
- Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation.
- One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths.
- A white worm which infests granaries, the larva of Nemapogon granella, a tineid moth.
- A wolf spider.
- (obsolete) An eating ulcer or sore. See lupus.
- A willying machine, to cleanse wool or willow.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/wʊlf/
Cognate with Dutch
wolf
Cognate with German
Wolf
Cognate with Lithuanian
vilkas
Cognate with Latin
lupus
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