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wolf-child
noun 3
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3ADJ.
watched
VERB + WOLF-CHILD
see
PREP.
with
Definitions
noun
1
A human child that has been raised by wolves from infancy.
Mr. Neilson also adds that a jemidar told him that when he was a lad he remembered going with others to see a wolf-child which had been netted.
2
A being that is part wolf, part child.
Odin watched the wolf-child grow with foreboding, for in his dreams the wolf had been there at the end of everything[.]
3
A baby or young wolf.
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Mr. Neilson also adds that a jemidar told him that when he was a lad he remembered going with others to see a wolf-child which had been netted.
Wiktionary02
Odin watched the wolf-child grow with foreboding, for in his dreams the wolf had been there at the end of everything[.]
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