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wolf-mothers

wolf-mothers is the plural of wolf-mother.

Meaning of wolf-mother

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

Questions about wolf-mothers

What is wolf-mothers the plural of?
Wolf-mothers is the plural of wolf-mother.

Words near wolf-mothers in the dictionary

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

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