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wolf-mother

wolf-mother noun: a female wolf that has mothered or is mothering cubs.

Noun

wolf-mother (plural wolf-mothers)

  1. A female wolf that has mothered or is mothering cubs.
    • A wolf-mother was not made to remember her cubs of a year or so before.1906 May–October, Jack London, White Fang, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC, part 3 (The Gods of the Wild), page 176

Forms of wolf-mother

pluralwolf-mothers

Questions about wolf-mother

What does wolf-mother mean?
Wolf-mother means a female wolf that has mothered or is mothering cubs.
What part of speech is wolf-mother?
Wolf-mother is a noun.
What is the plural of wolf-mother?
The plural of wolf-mother is wolf-mothers.

Words near wolf-mother in the dictionary

  1. wolf-grey
  2. wolf-greys
  3. Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome
  4. wolf-hunter
  5. wolf-hunters
  6. wolf-mother
  7. wolf-mothers
  8. wolf-pack
  9. wolf-packs
  10. Wolf-Rayet galaxy
  11. Wolf-Rayet star

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