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Wolf

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brutenounBrutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless, without intelligence or reason.
beastnounAn animal, especially a large or dangerous land vertebrate.
skirt chasernoun(idiomatic) A man with amorous intentions who habitually seeks out female companionship.
wildcatnounA cat that lives in the wilderness, specifically:
wolf downverb(informal, idiomatic) To consume (food) quickly or greedily, without regard for table manners.
mashernounOne who, or that which, mashes.
woman chasernouna man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women
savagenounFierce and ferocious.

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WordDefinition
wildcatnounA cat that lives in the wilderness, specifically:
beastnounAn animal, especially a large or dangerous land vertebrate.
wolf downverb(informal, idiomatic) To consume (food) quickly or greedily, without regard for table manners.
mashernounOne who, or that which, mashes.
skirt chasernoun(idiomatic) A man with amorous intentions who habitually seeks out female companionship.
savagenoun(figuratively) An aggressively defiant person.
brutenounA person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person, particularly one who is dim-witted.
woman chasernouna man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women
coyotenoun(zoology) Canis latrans, a species of canine native to North America.
bucknounA male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret, salmonid, shad and kangaroo.
lionnounA big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe.
lobonoun(Southwestern US dialects) A wolf.
tigernounPanthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.
werewolfnoun(mythology) A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to do so during a full moon.
wolffishnounAny fish of the family Anarhichadidae.
masknounA cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
horsenounA hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
lairnounA place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
loupnoun(metallurgy) A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the trip hammer or rolls.
dennounA comfortable room not used for formal entertaining.

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