wolf-child

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wolf-child

noun wolf-children

A human child that has been raised by wolves from infancy. Mr. Neilson also adds that a jemidar told him that when he was a lad he remembered going with others to see a wolf-child which had been netted.
A being that is part wolf, part child. Odin watched the wolf-child grow with foreboding, for in his dreams the wolf had been there at the end of everything[.]
literary A baby or young wolf.
Similar: wolf cub, wolfkin, wolfling, wolf whelp

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noun human child raised by wolves

Português	criança-lobo

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@misc{wolf_child_2026,
  title = {wolf-child},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wolf-child},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}