They are named for their wolflike habit of chasing and pouncing upon prey.
Jackal, any of several species of wolflike carnivores of the dog genus, Canis, family Canidae, sharing with the hyena an exaggerated reputation for cowardice.
They are named for the wolflike habit of chasing and pouncing upon prey.
He liked the way Emma looked at her lover, an electrician with a wolflike eye.
The findings may explain why coyotes in the East are generally larger than their Western counterparts — that is, more wolflike in size — and why they are so much more varied in coat color, as might be expected from a creature with a more diverse genome.
From the first voyages of Christopher Columbus onward, the image of New World Indians as terrifying man-eaters became engraved on the European mind, an elaboration of yet older beliefs in entire races of monstrous peoples — giants, Amazons and strange creatures with wolflike heads (or no heads), huge ears and great feet — that existed on the fringes of the known world or in marginal regions.
Here, for example, is Ayatollah Khamenei last year: "This barbaric, wolflike & infanticidal regime of Israel which spares no crime has no cure but to be annihilated".
Both wolves and dogs are descended from some wolflike ancestor; thus, we might look at the behavior of the dog's cousin, the present-day wolf (Canis lupus), in order to provide one explanation for dog behavior.
"Pour!" he ordered, and it struck me, as I carefully rimmed the glass, how amazingly wolflike Vitaly had become in the light of this moon.
Consider a spirit mask from Papua New Guinea used in male initiation rites; it is made mostly of tapa cloth, reeds, grasses and seed pods, with its conical hat, wide ears and long, wolflike snout toothed with sharp nails.
Eric is trailed by a wolflike dog that hovers expectantly outside his door.
