she-wolf

From Middle English she wolf; equivalent to she- +‎ wolf.

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she-wolf (plural she-wolves)

1. A female wolf.
   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 212:

     In some trepidation the priest and his friend accompanied the wolf to his den, where lay a she-wolf on the point of death.

2. (slang, figurative) A predatory woman.

• wolfess

• he-wolf

• wolf