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Wolves
WOLVES WOLVES. Wolves once roamed most of the Northern Hemisphere, including much of the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. Like humans, wolves crossed the Bering land bridge during the Ice Age to range throughout North America, from the Arctic to central Mexico. Both wolf species, the... Read more |
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Echinococcus
Echinococcus (i-ky-nŏ-kok-ŭs) n. a genus of small parasitic tapeworms. Adults are found in the intestines of dogs, wolves, or jackals. If the eggs are swallowed by humans, the resulting larvae may cause hydatid disease. Two species causing this condition are E. granulosus and E.... Read more |
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distemper
distemper in veterinary medicine, highly contagious, catarrhal, often fatal disease of dogs. It also affects wolves, foxes, mink, raccoons, and ferrets. Distemper is caused by a filtrable virus that is airborne; it is also spread by infected utensils, brushes, and clothing. Symptoms are high fever,... Read more |
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borzoi
borzoi , breed of tall, swift hound developed in Russia in the early 17th cent., also called Russian wolfhound. It stands from 26 to 31 in. (66-81.2 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs about 85 lb (38.6 kg). Its long, silky coat may be flat, wavy or curly, and forms fringes of longer hair, or... Read more |
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Edward Hoagland
Hoagland, Edward (1932–), New York City‐born author, graduated from Harvard. His novels include Cat Man (1956), about circus life; The Circle Home (1960), dealing with prizefighters; and The Peacock's Tail (1965), set in a city's slums. Other works include a book about travel in... Read more |
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werewolf
Werewolves Werewolves are man-wolves—wer is Old English for "man." Legends from around the world tell of men who could turn into wolves and then back into human form again. In their animal form, werewolves were bloodthirsty creatures that devoured people, both living and dead. Legends of... Read more |
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Durango
Durango Pronunciation:doo-RAHN-goh. Origin of state name:The name is believed to have been given to the region by Spanish settlers from the Basque region of Spain. It means "fertile land, with rivers surrounded by mountains." Capital:Durango. Entered... Read more |
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Rancid
RANCID Formed: 1990, Albany, California Members: Tim Armstrong, guitar, vocals (born Albany, California); Lars Frederiksen, guitar, vocals (born Campbell, California, 30 August 1971); Matt Freeman, bass (born Albany, California); Brett Reed, drums (born Albany, California). Genre: ... Read more |
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fox hunting
fox hunting, involving packs of hounds and usually mounted hunters, was introduced to Ireland in the mid‐18th century from England. Hunting with hounds was known in Ireland from early times, but hares, stags, and wolves were more usual quarry. Originally packs of hounds for hunting foxes... Read more |
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wolf
wolf carnivorous mammal of the genus Canis in the dog family. Once distributed over most of the Northern Hemisphere, wild wolves are now confined to the wilder parts of a reduced range. Three wolf species (the gray wolf, red wolf, and coyote) are generally recognized, although there is much... Read more |
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wolf-child
...been discovered living with wolves by the Revd Joseph Singh near...Robert Zingg, Singh published Wolf-Children and Feral Man (1942...they were not in fact raised by wolves. Singh and Zingg claimed that the wolf-children used parts of the... |
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Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock
Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock, 187 U.S. 553 (1903...of 9 to 0; White for the Court. In Lone Wolf, the Supreme Court recognized a near‐absolute...tribal sovereignty and land rights. Lone Wolf has permitted the United States to appropriate... |
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Wolf v. Colorado
Wolf v. Colorado, 338 U.S. 25 (1949), argued...the Court, Douglas and Murphy in dissent. Wolf was convicted of conspiracy to commit abortion...Supreme Court affirmed the conviction against Wolf's challenge to the constitutionality of the seizure... |
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Hopper, de Wolf (William D'Wolf Hopper)
Hopper, de Wolf [William D'Wolf Hopper] (1858–1935), comic actor. Descendant of a family...traded on her deceptively youthful appearance. Autobiography (De Wolf): Once a Clown, Always a Clown, with Wesley Winan Stout, 1927... |
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wolves
wolves, though indigenous to Ireland, are now extinct...their presence exists from the 7th century. Wolf hunting took place from at least the 16th...uncertain. The last known rewards for killing wolves were claimed in Cork and Kerry in 1710, but... |
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wolf
wolf Wild, dog-like carnivorous mammal, once widespread in the USA and Eurasia, especially the grey wolf (Canis lupus), which is now restricted to the USA and Asia. It is powerfully built, with a deep-chested body and a long, bushy... |
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Sea‐Wolf, The
Sea‐Wolf, The, novel by Jack London, published in 1904. Humphrey Van Weyden...San Francisco Bay collides with a tramp steamer. The captain of the Ghost, Wolf Larsen, is a man of tremendous physical power who is utterly ruthless. When... |
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Tasmanian wolf
Tasmanian wolf (thylacine) Largest carnivorous marsupial. It probably became extinct on the mainland of Australia because of relentless hunting... |
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Wolf, Hugo
Wolf, Hugo (1860–1903) Austrian composer, regarded as one of the finest exponents of Lieder. He produced in rapid succession... |
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wolf-pack
wolf-pack, see Atlantic, battle of the. |
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wolf
...clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.’wolf's head an archaic term for an outlaw...an outlaw as one to be hunted down like a wolf.See also hunger drives the wolf out of the wood, throw someone to the wolves. |
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Wolf, Maximilian
Wolf, Maximilian(‘ Max’ Wolf) (1863–1932)Germanastronomer. In 1891 he instituted a programme...first to be found in this way was (323) Brucia, in 1891. In all Wolf discovered over 200 asteroids; they include Achilles, the first... |
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Wolf, Hugo (Filipp Jakob)
Wolf, Hugo (Filipp Jakob) (b Windischgraz, 1860...and instr. For 3 years from 1892 to 1894, Wolf wrote nothing except the orch. arr. of the...gradually spread and in Berlin a ‘Hugo Wolf Society’ was founded. Even Vienna began to capitulate late in 1894... |
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Wolf, Rudolf
Wolf, Rudolf( Johann Rudolf Wolf) (1816–93)Swissastronomer. Following the discovery of the solar cycle by S. H.Schwabe, Wolf set about collecting all available data on sunspot numbers. He established... |
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Wolf
Wolf ♂ (German) Short form of any of several Germanic names formed with wolf ‘wolf’, especially Wolfgang. |
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Wolf–Rayet star
Wolf–Rayet star (WR star) A type of very luminous...stellar winds, exposing the helium core. Wolf–-Rayet stars are of over 10 solar masses...French astronomers Charles Joseph Étienne Wolf (1827–1918) and Georges Antoine Pons... |
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timber wolf
tim·ber wolf • n. a wolf of a large variety found mainly in northern North America, with gray brindled fur. Also called gray wolf. |
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wolf-like
wolf-like •alike, bike, dyke, haik, hike, kike, like, mic, mike, mislike, pike...ghostlike • rose-like • toylike •root-like • tooth-like • hood-like •wolf-like • hook-like •wool-like • suchlike • sponge-like •nunlike, sunlike... |
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wolves
wolves / woŏlvz/ • plural form of wolf. |
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Peter and the Wolf
Peter and the Wolf (Petya i volk). Symphonic fairy-tale for narrator and orch., Op...Centre 1936, f. Eng. p. London 1941. The boy Peter's fooling of a wolf is narrated and brilliantly illustrated by solo orch. instrs.; the work... |
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wolf
wolf • noun 1. a pack of wolves.See table. 2. informal he's a bit of a wolf. See womanizer. • verb he wolfed down his breakfastsynonyms...down), scarf (up).Wild Dogs Arctic fox Arctic wolf brush wolf coyote cross fox dingo fox gray ... |
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consume
consume • verb 1. vast amounts of food and drink were consumed synonyms: eat, devour, ingest, swallow, gobble up, wolf down, guzzle, feast on, snack on; drink, gulp down, imbibe; informal tuck into, put away, polish off, dispose of, pig... |
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gorge
gorge • verb gorge the foodsynonyms: bolt, gobble, guzzle, gulp down, wolf (down), devour, stuff down, gormandize; inf. shovel in.phrase: gorge on gorge (oneself) on ice creamsynonyms: stuff with... |
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guzzle
guzzle • verb 1. guzzle food | stop guzzling!synonyms: gulp, gobble, bolt, wolf (down), devour; cram oneself, stuff oneself, gormandize; inf. scarf up, put away. 2. guzzle beersynonyms: gulp down, swallow greedily, quaff, swill; inf. chug, chug-a-lug. |
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hearing
hearing • noun 1. the wolf's acute hearing synonyms: ability to hear, auditory perception, sense of hearing, aural faculty. 2. she moved out of hearing synonyms... |
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individual
...living soul, body, character, type. 2. she's very much an individualsynonyms: individualist, free spirit, nonconformist, original, eccentric, bohemian, maverick, egocentric, rara avis, rare bird, rarity, loner, lone wolf. |
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ingest
ingest • verb you may gargle with the solution but do not ingest itsynonyms: consume, swallow, take in, eat, devour, imbibe, drink; informal gobble up, wolf down, put away, down, inhale, scarf (down). |
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lecher
...a lechersynonyms: lecherous man, libertine, womanizer, debauchee, rake, roué, profligate, wanton; Don Juan, Casanova, Lothario, Romeo; informal lech, dirty old man, (old) goat, wolf, skirt-chaser; archaic fornicator. |
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scrape
...phrases: scrape by/along scrape by on his earningssynonyms: barely manage to live, barely have enough to live on, keep the wolf from the door, scrape a living.scrape through scrape through the examssynonyms: just pass, pass and no more, pass by a... |
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stuff
...themselves with chocolate synonyms: fill oneself with, gorge oneself with/on, overindulge oneself with; gobble, devour, wolf; informal pig out on, make a pig of oneself with/on. 4. my nose was stuffed up synonyms: block (up), congest, obstruct... |
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Wolf seen in Colorado Wildlife officer videotapes animal near Wyo. border.(News)
...ranchers have seen the wolf - and is home to about 300 wolves. "Of the 200 tagged...the area has reported a wolf attacking livestock, he said. "Wolves are opportunists and predation happens when a wolf is hungry," he said... |
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Minnesota Wolf Ear Lengths as Possible Indicators of Taxonomic Differences
...suggest that 2 types of wolves, Canis lupus (Gray Wolf) and C. lycaon (Eastern...morphologically more like Gray Wolves, based on measurements of MN wolf skulls collected during...distinction of each type of wolf is needed. Eastern ... |
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MONTANA WOLF POPULATION GROWS IN 2007
...the population grew by about 92 wolves. Wolf numbers in the Montana Greater...tell us where and when they see wolves or wolf sign," said Carolyn Sime, FWP...can also tell FWP when they see wolves or wolf sign. The ... |
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WOLVES CENTER OF ATTENTION.(Sports)
...humans understand the wolf, and how wolves interact with humans...survival and study of wolves around the world. ``We teach about the wolf's interrelationships...showing the history of the wolf, and how wolves and humans ... |
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Wisconsin wolf plan allows broader killing.
...state-controlled wolf management. Wisconsin...about 180 timber wolves now and has formed...allow pre-emptive wolf control in some areas. Wisconsin wolves likely will come...no open season on wolves. It (the taking of a wolf) ... |
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Wolves touch the wildness within ; Reverence for predators changing lives,...
...they must kill a wolf that's preyed...Some people love wolves so much, they don...from the Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center...guaranteed to see wolves," even if you...I've loved wolves ever since." Before wolf ... |
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WOLF POPULATION GROWING TOO FAST? STATE ABOVE GOAL, NEAR CAPACITY.(SPORTS)
...with professional wolf hunters, trapping and poisoning, wolves eventually were...Last year the wolf population in Wisconsin...between 425 and 455 wolves. The animals are...notes that if the wolf population falls below 80 ... |
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wolf plans attacked
...That's because wolf biologists know that wolves in this region den...agency killed 107 wolves in Idaho, the highest...ever. Idaho's wolf management plan...an estimated 850 wolves in Idaho last year...year's statewide wolf ... |
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Wolf war III: issue is cash cow for enviros.(THE OUT FITTER)
...Montana their first wolf-hunting seasons. Relisting of wolves in 2010 by U.S...game policy. "The wolf evokes strong emotions. Debates over wolves now occur in public...studies show that wolves can destroy prey populations. Unregulated ... |
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Wolf Awareness Week Highlights Efforts to Restore and Protect Wolves
...large populations of wolves, the overwhelming success of wolf restoration in the...subspecies of the gray wolf, Canis lupus.) No Mexican wolves are known to exist...smaller than the gray wolf.) In the 1800s, red wolves could ... |
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