Wolflike

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Wolfish (all senses); lupine.

    "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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    resembling or characteristic (or considered characteristic) of a wolf wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
lupinewolfishwolfishwolven

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"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."

Etymology

From wolf + -like.

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