wolf
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From Middle English < Old English wulf < Proto-Germanic *wulfaz < Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Cognates include Sanskrit वृक (vṛ́ka), Polish wilk', Lithuanian vilkas', Russian волк (volk), Albanian ulk, Latin lupus and probably vulpes (“‘fox’”) and Ancient Greek λύκος (lukos).
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wolf (plural wolves)
- A large wild canid (member of the dog family), closely related to, and at times consanguineous to the domestic dog, which is considered a subspecies of the wolf.
- (the Wolf) The constellation Lupus.
- A man who makes amorous advances on many women.
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terms derived from "wolf"
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animal
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constellation
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man who makes amorous advances on many women
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to wolf (third-person singular simple present wolfs, present participle wolfing, simple past and past participle wolfed)
- (transitive) To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.
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wolf (plural wolwe, diminutive wolfie, plural dimunutive wolfies)
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wolf m. (plural wolven, diminutive wolfje, plural diminutive wolfjes)
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wolf m.
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wolf
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