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wolfkins

wolfkins is the plural of wolfkin.

Meaning of wolfkin

Noun (1)

wolfkin (plural wolfkins)

  1. A young or small wolf.
    • Kite and kestrel, wolf and wolfkin, from the wilderness, wallow in it.1864, Alfred Lord Tennyson, BOÄDICÉA
    Synonyms:
    wolfling

Noun (2)

wolfkin (plural wolfkin)

  1. Any of various nonhuman and non-wolf fantasy creatures that have features of a wolf.
    • Arun is in training to be a priest of the Fire God when he is abruptly plucked from his peaceful studies, bespelled and staked out as bait to capture a monster—a wolfkin. But the wolfkin isn't quite what Arun expected.2009, Maia Strong, The Ballad of Jimothy Redwing

Questions about wolfkins

What is wolfkins the plural of?
Wolfkins is the plural of wolfkin.

Words near wolfkins in the dictionary

  1. wolfishly
  2. wolfishness
  3. Wolfkill
  4. wolfkin
  5. wolfkind
  6. wolfkins
  7. Wolfland
  8. wolfless
  9. wolflessness
  10. Wolfley
  11. Wolfleys

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