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wolf pack

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noun

wolf packs plural
  1. a group of submarines operating together in hunting down and attacking enemy convoys.

  2. a group of wolves hunting together.


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Etymology

Origin of wolf pack

1890–95 wolf pack for def. 2; 1940–45 wolf pack for def. 1

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A new wolf pack has been confirmed in Plumas County.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 21, 2025

Eye‑level with an inquisitive Arctic wolf pack in −35 C, Mr Eshel fulfilled his dream to photograph these elusive creatures.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2025

In the 1990s, about seven decades after the last wolf pack was killed in Yellowstone National Park, officials relocated 41 gray wolves to the park.

From Seattle Times May 6, 2024

The bulk of those emissions occur before a visitor even spies a geyser or a wandering wolf pack.

From Science Daily Apr. 3, 2024

Had she swung her fists or kicked her feet, the wolf pack might have fled.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

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