/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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