Definition of wolf

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Wolf (a.) Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door..

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Jackal :: "Jackal (n.) Any one of several species of carnivorous animals inhabiting Africa and Asia, related to the dog and wolf. They are cowardly, nocturnal, and gregarious. They feed largely on carrion, and are noted for their piercing and dismal howling..
Wolframite :: Wolframite (n.) Tungstate of iron and manganese, generally of a brownish or grayish black color, submetallic luster, and high specific gravity. It occurs in cleavable masses, and also crystallized. Called also wolfram..
Lupus :: Lupus (n.) The Wolf, a constellation situated south of Scorpio..
Wolf :: Wolf (a.) Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door..
Wolf''s-foot :: Wolf's-foot (n.) Club moss. See Lycopodium.
Thylacine :: Thylacine (n.) The zebra wolf. See under Wolf.
Wolfkin :: Wolfkin (n.) A little or young wolf.
Wolf :: Wolf (a.) The harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament..
Alan :: Alan (n.) A wolfhound.
Sea Cat :: Sea cat () The wolf fish.
Wehrwolf :: Wehrwolf (n.) See Werewolf.
Wolframic :: Wolframic (a.) Of or pertaining to wolframium. See Tungstic.
Wolf :: Wolf (a.) In bowed instruments, a harshness due to defective vibration in certain notes of the scale..
Cal :: Cal (n.) Wolfram, an ore of tungsten..
Howl :: Howl (n.) The protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound..
Fox :: Fox (n.) A sword; -- so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox..
Mesonephros :: Mesonephros (n.) The middle one of the three pairs of embryonic renal organs developed in most vertebrates; the Wolffian body.
Catfish :: Catfish (n.) A name given in the United States to various species of siluroid fishes; as, the yellow cat (Amiurus natalis); the bind cat (Gronias nigrilabrus); the mud cat (Pilodictic oilwaris), the stone cat (Noturus flavus); the sea cat (Arius felis), etc. This name is also sometimes applied to the wolf fish. See Bullhrad..
Wolfberry :: Wolfberry (n.) An American shrub (Symphoricarpus occidentalis) which bears soft white berries.
Fiants :: Fiants (n.) The dung of the fox, wolf, boar, or badger..
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