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she-wolf

she-wolf noun: a female wolf.

Noun

she-wolf (plural she-wolves)

  1. A female wolf.
    • In some trepidation the priest and his friend accompanied the wolf to his den, where lay a she-wolf on the point of death.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 212
  2. (figuratively, slang) A predatory woman.

she-wolf meaning in Tamil, Sanskrit, Arabic and Malay

she-wolf in Tamil

பெண் ஓநாய், சூறையாடும் பெண்

she-wolf in Sanskrit

female wolf
वृकी vṛkī

she-wolf in Arabic

female wolf
ذِئْبَة ḏiʔba

she-wolf in Malay

female wolf
serigala betina
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she-wolf in Persian
مادهگرگ mâde-gorg
Kashmiri
رامہٕ ہوٗنؠ rāmhụ hūn'

Synonyms of she-wolf

Antonyms

Forms of she-wolf

pluralshe-wolves

Origin of she-wolf

From Middle English she wolf. By surface analysis, she- + wolf. Displaced similarly native Old English wierġen.

Questions about she-wolf

What does she-wolf mean?
She-wolf means a female wolf.
What is she-wolf in Tamil?
She-wolf in Tamil is பெண் ஓநாய், சூறையாடும் பெண். See She-wolf meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is she-wolf?
She-wolf is a noun.
What is the plural of she-wolf?
The plural of she-wolf is she-wolves.

Words near she-wolf in the dictionary

  1. She-Type
  2. She-Types
  3. she-walrus
  4. she-walruses
  5. She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named
  6. she-wolf
  7. she-wolves
  8. she/he
  9. she/her
  10. shea
  11. shea butter

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Adapted from Wiktionary: she-wolf (page history and authors); she-wolf (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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