wolflike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From wolf +‎ -like.

Adjective[edit]

wolflike (comparative more wolflike, superlative most wolflike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a wolf.
    Synonyms: lupine, wolfish, wolven
    • 1903 July, Jack London, “The Law of Club and Fang”, in The Call of the Wild, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, page 62:
      And when, on the still cold nights, he pointed his nose at a star and howled long and wolflike, it was his ancestors, dead and dust, pointing nose at star and howling down through the centuries through him.

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