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wolf

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  1. coyote                 2. jackal                
 
1. wolf \'wu.lf\ \'wu.lvz\ \'wu.l-.fli-k\ n or wolves also wolf [ME, fr. OE 
   wulf; akin to OHG wolf, L lupus, Gk lykos] [G; fr. the howling sound] pl  
   often attrib  pl  1a: any of various large mammals (genus Canis and esp. C. 
   lu pus) that resemble the related dogs, are crafty, rapacious, and very 
   destructive to game, sheep, and cattle, and will sometimes attack man esp. 
   in a pack 1b: the fur of a wolf  2a1: a fierce, rapacious, or destructive 
   person  2a2: a crafty person  2a3: a man forward, direct, and zealous in 
   amatory attentions to women  2b1: a corrupting or destructive agency  2b2: 
   dire poverty : STARVATION  2c1: a beetle grub or moth grub that infests 
   granaries  2c2: the maggot of a warble fly  3a1: dissonance in some chords 
   on organs, pianos, or other instruments with  fixed tones tuned by unequal 
   temperament 3a2: an instance of such dissonance  3b: a harshness due to 
   faulty vibration in various tones in a bowed instrum ent : one who cloaks a 
   hostile intention with a friendly manner  - wolf.like aj
2. wolf vt : to eat greedily : DEVOUR