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wolf-child

wolf-child noun: a human child that has been raised by wolves from infancy.

Noun

wolf-child (plural wolf-children)

  1. A human child that has been raised by wolves from infancy.
    • Mr. Neilson also adds that a jemidar told him that when he was a lad he remembered going with others to see a wolf-child which had been netted.1898 January, Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, Philadelphia, page 121
  2. A being that is part wolf, part child.
    • Odin watched the wolf-child grow with foreboding, for in his dreams the wolf had been there at the end of everything[.]2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 78
  3. (literary) A baby or young wolf.

Synonyms of wolf-child

Forms of wolf-child

pluralwolf-children

Questions about wolf-child

What does wolf-child mean?
Wolf-child means a human child that has been raised by wolves from infancy.
What part of speech is wolf-child?
Wolf-child is a noun.
What is the plural of wolf-child?
The plural of wolf-child is wolf-children.

Words near wolf-child in the dictionary

  1. wolf's-fist
  2. wolf's-fists
  3. wolf's-foot
  4. wolf's-milk
  5. wolf-cat
  6. wolf-child
  7. wolf-children
  8. wolf-dog
  9. wolf-dogs
  10. wolf-fish
  11. wolf-fishes

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