She-wolf

noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female wolf.

    "In some trepidation the priest and his friend accompanied the wolf to his den, where lay a she-wolf on the point of death."

  2. 2
    A predatory woman. figuratively, slang

Etymology

From Middle English she wolf. By surface analysis, she- + wolf.

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