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WOLFISH
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Devouring or craving food in great quantities
Example:
voracious sharks
Synonyms:
edacious; esurient; rapacious; ravening; ravenous; voracious; wolfish
Classified under:
Similar:
gluttonous (given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Resembling or characteristic (or considered characteristic) of a wolf
Example:
wolfish rapacity
Synonyms:
wolfish; wolflike
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
wolf (any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs)
Context examples:
His wolfish appearance caught their eyes at once, and they pointed him out to one another.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Down the frozen waterway toiled a string of wolfish dogs.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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