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1. wǒlf n.

135 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) The common European wolf (Canis lupus); also, the wolf as an animal of venery [quots. c1425 & c1475]; a route of wolfes, a wolf pack (b) in cpds. and combs.: wolf bicche, bicche of the wolf, she……

2. wǒlf-hē̆d n.

Additional spellings: wolfhed
2 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The head of a wolf; (b) a representation of a wolf’s head used as a heraldic device. …

3. wer-wǒlf n.

Additional spellings: werwolf
8 quotations in 1 sense
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A human being supernaturally transformed into a wolf, a lycanthrope; also, a man-eating wolf [quot. c1410]; also fig. [quots. ?a1450 & last]. …

4. fixen n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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A female (fox), she-fox; fixen of the fox. …

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