aprowl

[uh-proul] /əˈpraʊl/

adjective

moving about in stealthy search; covertly stalking or hunting; prowling (usually used predicatively):

The sudden silence in the jungle gave warning that some huge carnivore was aprowl.

Origin of aprowl

a-¹ + prowl

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Frosty taught himself to read such signs, and by them he always knew when the coyote or some other dangerous creature was aprowl.

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