wolf-child
noun
a child who is thought to have been suckled or nurtured by wolves.
wolf-children
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pluralof wolf-child.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Secretly the missionary put the wolf-children, females aged about two and eight, in his orphanage.
From Time Magazine Archive
We seem to get some insight to this question in the investigation of so called cases of "wolf-children."
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Most of the stories of wolf-children come from India.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
And, owing to the introduction into Portugal of the Book in which this commandment is to be found, wolf-children have become scarcer, and the people wiser.
From Tales from the Lands of Nuts and Grapes Spanish and Portuguese Folklore by Various
