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Meanings of wolf in English

Portuguese
fera
Catalan
fera
Spanish
animal

A cruelly rapacious person.

        fera
        Portuguese
        hugo wolf
        Catalan
        hugo wolf
        Spanish
        hugo wolf

        Austrian composer (1860-1903)

              hugo wolf
              Portuguese
              devorar
              Catalan
              devorar
              Spanish
              devorar

              Eat hastily.

                    devorar

                    A man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women.

                          Usage of wolf in English
                          1
                          Oregon's wolf population is now estimated to number more than 60 animals.
                          Reuters
                          2
                          The Norwegian government is required by international law to protect the wolf.
                          The Guardian
                          3
                          Like the wolf-pack, every other voice in the camp in turn implored:-
                          Driftwood Spars / The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Cert...
                          4
                          The wolf raced along with them; he also enjoyed a good run.
                          The Land of Painted Caves
                          5
                          The wolf-hounds drew up as reserves in the rear of the mastiff.
                          The Man-Wolf and Other Tales
                          6
                          The young wolf and the horses seemed to sense an impending change.
                          The Plains of Passage
                          7
                          Well may the wolf in the big city stand outside the door.
                          The Trimmed Lamp, and Other Stories of the Four Million
                          8
                          This is the time of year your father found that wolf pup.
                          The story of edgar sawtelle
                          9
                          Today their modern-day counterparts must deal with a little local wolf difficulty.
                          The Irish Times
                          10
                          It was the wolf pack, and they were deep in the hunt.
                          The Snowshoe Trail
                          11
                          A similar change has taken place in the swan-maiden and were-wolf myths.
                          The Book of Were-Wolves
                          12
                          The wolf-cub soon became the pet and plaything of the animal kingdom.
                          John of the Woods
                          13
                          He was through trying to solve a wolf problem with people skills.
                          Hemlock Grove
                          14
                          The wolf runs the corn for the sake of the fat deer.
                          The Kipling Reader / Selections from the Books of Rudyard Kiplin...
                          15
                          The wolf will be always wolfish; the fox will be always foxy.
                          Aesop's Fables; a new translation
                          16
                          The centre figure in the pictographic painting is a wolf grotesquely drawn.
                          Indian Legends of Vancouver Island
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