Latin Word of the Day
lupus
wolf
Definitions
| Latin > English |
| lupus |
| 1. n. (zoology) wolf (C. lupus) |
| Homo homini lupus est. - Man is a wolf to man. |
| 2. n. (zoology) an animal which acts in the savage manner of a wolf, particularly: |
| 3. n. pike (Esocidae) |
| 4. n. wolffish (Anarhichadidae) |
| 5. n. an uncertain kind of spider |
| 6. n. (carpentry) a tool which is shaped like a wolf's tooth, particularly: |
| 7. n. a kind of bit |
| 8. n. a kind of handsaw |
| 9. n. a kind of hook used for hoisting objects |
| 10. n. (botany) hops (H. lupulus) |
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