"he-wolf" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhiːˌwʊlf/, [ˈhiːˌwʊɫf] Forms: he-wolves [plural]
Etymology: he- + wolf Etymology templates: {{af|en|he-|wolf}} he- + wolf Head templates: {{en-noun|he-wolves|head=he-wolf}} he-wolf (plural he-wolves)
  1. A male wolf. Categories (lifeform): Male animals, Wolves Hypernyms: wolf Translations (male wolf): hanulv [common-gender] (Danish), virlupo (Esperanto), Rüde [masculine] (German), Wolfsrüde [masculine] (German), volfulo (Ido), lupo [masculine] (Italian), lupus [masculine] (Latin), serigala jantan (Malay), hanulv [masculine] (Norwegian), hannulv [masculine] (Norwegian), basior [masculine] (Polish), lupu [masculine] (Sicilian), lobo (Spanish), lup [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), hilup [feminine] (Volapük), omludog (english: older term) [obsolete] (Volapük)

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "male wolf",
          "word": "serigala jantan"
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    },
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    }
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "male wolf",
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      "sense": "male wolf",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "male wolf",
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "male wolf",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lupo"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "male wolf",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "lupus"
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      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "male wolf",
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      "sense": "male wolf",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "male wolf",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "male wolf",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "male wolf",
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      "sense": "male wolf",
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    },
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      "code": "vo",
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      "sense": "male wolf",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "hilup"
    },
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      "code": "vo",
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      "sense": "male wolf",
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    }
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