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wolfdog

wolfdog is the alternative form of wolf dog.

Meaning of wolf dog

Noun

wolf dog (plural wolf dogs)

  1. A dog trained to hunt wolves.
    • One grisly old wolf-dog alone, with the liberty of an indulged favourite, had planted himself close by the chair of state, and occasionally ventured to solicit notice by putting his large hairy head upon his master’s knee, or pushing his nose into his hand.1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter III, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst...
  2. A hybrid between a wolf and a dog.
    • At the man’s heels trotted a dog, a big native husky, the proper wolf-dog, grey-coated and without any visible or temperamental difference from its brother, the wild wolf.1908, Jack London, “To Build a Fire”, in Lost Face

Forms of wolfdog

pluralwolfdogs

Phrases with wolfdog

Questions about wolfdog

What is wolfdog the alternative form of?
Wolfdog is the alternative form of wolf dog.

Words near wolfdog in the dictionary

  1. wolfcoats
  2. wolfcub
  3. wolfcubs
  4. wolfcut
  5. Wolfdale
  6. wolfdog
  7. wolfdogs
  8. wolfdom
  9. wolfe
  10. Wolfe City
  11. Wolfe County

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