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wolf-child

American  
[woolf-chahyld] / ˈwʊlfˌtʃaɪld /

noun

plural

wolf-children

  1. a child who is thought to have been suckled or nurtured by wolves.

Etymology

Origin of wolf-child

First recorded in 1855–60

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