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Wolfish

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esurientnoun(formal, now often humorous) Very greedy or hungry; ravenous; (figuratively) avid, eager.
rapacious(also figurative) Voracious; avaricious.
ravenousVery hungry.
voracious(of a person or their appetite) Wanting or devouring great quantities of food.
raveningnounVoracious and greedy.
edacious(literary) Having an insatiable appetite; voracious; ravenous; piggish.
gluttonousGiven to excessive eating; prone to overeating.
wolflikeWolfish (all senses); lupine.

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wolflikeWolfish (all senses); lupine.
gluttonousGiven to excessive eating; prone to overeating.
voracious(of a person or their appetite) Wanting or devouring great quantities of food.
edacious(literary) Having an insatiable appetite; voracious; ravenous; piggish.
rapacious(also figurative) Voracious; avaricious.
raveningVoracious and greedy.
ravenousVery hungry.
esurient(formal, now often humorous) Very greedy or hungry; ravenous; (figuratively) avid, eager.
lupinenounRavenous.
wolvennoun(fantasy, uncommon) A wolflike being; one who is wolflike in appearance or character.
wolflyLike or characteristic of a wolf; wolflike.
faunalPertaining to animals.
wildUntamed; not domesticated.
lycanthropicOf or pertaining to lycanthropy.
animalisticIn the manner of and/or resembling an animal;
wolfianOf or relating to Friedrich August Wolf (1759–1824), German classicist regarded as the founder of modern philology.
caninenounAny member of Caninae, the only living subfamily of Canidae.
faunicPertaining to fauna: faunal.
zoophobicPertaining to or afflicted with zoophobia, the fear of animals.
animalnoun(sciences) Any member of the kingdom Animalia of multicellular organisms that are usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants and fungi) and which derive energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (further distinguishing them from plants).

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