Kilo Lingo

/wʊlf/

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Translation

A wild animal like a large dog, which lives and hunts in a group.

Word origin

From Old English wulf, the name of the animal in all the old Germanic languages.

Origin
Old English
Root
wulf

Grammar

Gender
Pluralwolvesirregular

Examples

howled .

A "wolf" is a wild animal like a big dog.

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The plural of "wolf" is "wolves".

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Dogs and wolves come from the same family of animals.

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This word is part of lesson 31.