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wolf-child

[ woolf-chahyld ]
/ ˈwʊlfˌtʃaɪld /
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noun, plural wolf-chil·dren.
a child who is thought to have been suckled or nurtured by wolves.
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Origin of wolf-child

First recorded in 1855–60

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