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wolf

Definitions

noun

  1. Austrian composer (1860-1903)
  2. German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824)

Examples

This was a sad day indeed for the big bad wolf of the banking world, and not just because it must forego those rich pickings it planned to cream off from two billion cash machine transactions a year.

He would insist to his dying day that an arctic wolf had savaged him.

Asked about parents who choose not to vaccinate their children against HPV, the virologist Nathan Wolfe, author of the new book "The Viral Storm," told me: "Basically the decision to not vaccinate risks not only cancer for their kids but cancer for anyone their kids have sex with.

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dog

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noun

  1. a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
  2. a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman
  3. someone who is morally reprehensible
  4. metal supports for logs in a fireplace
  5. a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
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verb

  1. go after with the intent to catch

Examples

It got so bad that 12 patrolmen and two police dogs were kept on duty outside the home for several days.

Rows of brick garden apartments all backed onto a massive common garden: a shared backyard for children to play, dogs to gambol, and families to eat picnics together.

I again affirm that I need make no apology for attaching my name to that of one so worthy the esteem of his co-dogs, ay, and co-cats too; for in spite of the differences which have so often raised up a barrier between the members of his race and ours, not even the noblest among us could be degraded by raising a "mew" to the honour of such a thoroughly honest dog.

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wolverine

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noun

  1. a native or resident of Michigan

Examples

The Tongass supports brown bear, wolverine, northern goshawk, marbled murrelet, marten, Sitka black-tailed deer, the Alexander Archipelago wolf, and healthy runs of five salmon species.

Predators of erethizontids include mustelids such as martens, minks, wolverines, ermine, weasels, and fishers.

Below the jump: Spiderman lassoing a surly Wolverine with Christmas lights, and two shots of Santa packing heat.

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