Meanings
plural wolf-children
- fantasyA 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[.]
2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 78
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA baby or young wolf.
Translations
Polish ludzkie szczenię
- ludzkie szczenięhuman child raised by wolves
Portuguese criança-lobo
- criança-lobohuman child raised by wolves
Cite this entry
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