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wolves Noun the plural of wolf Wolves See also animals. 1. a person suffering from lycanthropy. 2. a werewolf or alien spirit in the form of a bloodthirsty wolf. 3. a person reputed to be able to change himself or another person into a wolf. 1. Psychiatry. Also called lycomania. a kind of insanity in which the patient believes himself to be a beast, especially a wolf. 2. the supposed or fabled assumption of the form of a wolf by a human being. — lycanthropic, adj. lycanthropy. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The wolves were bad that winter, and everyone knew it, yet when they heard the first wolf-cry, the drivers were not much alarmed.
AT ONE TIME a very large and strong Wolf was born among the wolves, who exceeded all his fellow-wolves in strength, size, and swiftness, so that they unanimously decided to call him "Lion. It was the jackal--Tabaqui, the Dish-licker--and the wolves of India despise Tabaqui because he runs about making mischief, and telling tales, and eating rags and pieces of leather from the village rubbish-heaps. |
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