Black wolf. (Zoöl.) (a) A black variety of the European wolf which is
common in the Pyrenees. (b) A black variety of the American gray wolf.
— Golden wolf (Zoöl.), the Thibetan wolf (Canis laniger); — called also
chanco. — Indian wolf (Zoöl.), an Asiatic wolf (Canis pallipes) which
somewhat resembles a jackal. Called also landgak. — Prairie wolf
(Zoöl.), the coyote. — Sea wolf. (Zoöl.) See in the Vocabulary. —
Strand wolf (Zoöl.) the striped hyena. — Tasmanian wolf (Zoöl.), the
zebra wolf. — Tiger wolf (Zoöl.), the spotted hyena. — To keep the wolf
from the door, to keep away poverty; to prevent starvation. See Wolf,
3, above. Tennyson. — Wolf dog. (Zoöl.) (a) The mastiff, or shepherd
dog, of the Pyrenees, supposed by some authors to be one of the
ancestors of the St. Bernard dog. (b) The Irish greyhound, supposed to
have been used formerly by the Danes for chasing wolves. (c) A dog bred
between a dog and a wolf, as the Eskimo dog. — Wolf eel (Zoöl.), a wolf
fish. — Wolf fish (Zoöl.), any one of several species of large,
voracious marine fishes of the genus Anarrhichas, especially the common
species (A. lupus) of Europe and North America. These fishes have large
teeth and powerful jaws. Called also catfish, sea cat, sea wolf, stone
biter, and swinefish. — Wolf net, a kind of net used in fishing, which
takes great numbers of fish. — Wolf's peach (Bot.), the tomato, or love
apple (Lycopersicum esculentum). — Wolf spider (Zoöl.), any one of
numerous species of running ground spiders belonging to the genus
Lycosa, or family Lycosidæ. These spiders run about rapidly in search
of their prey. Most of them are plain brown or blackish in color. See
Illust. in App. — Zebra wolf (Zoöl.), a savage carnivorous marsupial
(Thylacinus cynocephalus) native of Tasmania; — called also Tasmanian
wolf.
Wolf"ber`ry (?), n. (Bot.) An American shrub (Symphoricarpus
occidentalis) which bears soft white berries.
Wolff"i*an (?), a. (Anat.) Discovered, or first described, by Caspar
Friedrich Wolff (1733-1794), the founder of modern embryology.
Wolffian body, the mesonephros. — Wolffian duct, the duct from the
Wolffian body.
Wolf"ish (?), a. Like a wolf; having the qualities or form of a wolf;
as, a wolfish visage; wolfish designs.
— Wolf"ish*ly, adv. — Wolf"ish*ness, n.
Wolf"kin (?), n. A little or young wolf. Tennyson.
Wolf"ling (?), n. A young wolf. Carlyle.
Wol"fram (?), n. [G.] (Min.) Same as Wolframite.
Wol"fram*ate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of wolframic acid; a tungstate.
Wol*fram"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to wolframium. See
Tungstic.
Wol"fram*ite (?), n. [G., wolframit, wolfram; wolf wolf + rahm cream,
soot; cf. G. wolfsruss wolfram, lit., wolf's soot.] (Min.) Tungstate of
iron and manganese, generally of a brownish or grayish black color,
submetallic luster, and high specific gravity. It occurs in cleavable
masses, and also crystallized. Called also wolfram.
Wol*fra"mi*um (?), n. [NL. See Wolfram.] (Chem.) The technical name of
the element tungsten. See Tungsten.
Wolfs"bane` (?), n. (Bot.) A poisonous plant (Aconitum Lycoctonum), a
kind of monkshood; also, by extension, any plant or species of the
genus Aconitum. See Aconite.
Wolf's"-claw` (?), n. (Bot.) A kind of club moss. See Lycopodium.
Wolf's"-foot` (?), n. (Bot.) Club moss. See Lycopodium.
Wolf's"-milk` (?), n. (Bot.) Any kind of spurge (Euphorbia); — so
called from its acrid milky juice.