Wolf vs Alpha - What's the difference?
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A large wild canid of certain subspecies of Canis lupus .
A man who makes amorous advances on many women.
(music) A wolf tone or wolf note; an unpleasant tone produced when a note matches the natural resonating frequency of the body of a musical instrument, the quality of which may be likened to the howl of a wolf.
One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths.
(figurative) Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation.
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, title= A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.
(obsolete) An eating ulcer or sore. See lupus.
* Jeremy Taylor
A willying machine.
To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.
* 1987 , James Ellroy, The Black Dahlia
* 2013 , Neil Martin, Collected Stories of the Sea
The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet ('''), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to ' A .
Latin alpha
(science) The name of the symbols ?' and ' ? used in science and mathematics, often interchangeable with the symbols when used as a prefix.
:: I will attempt to make an alpha particle ("?-particle") with the large hadron collider.
(finance) The return of a given asset or portfolio adjusted for systematic risk.
An alpha male.
* 2008 , Faye Flam, The Score: How the Quest for Sex Has Shaped the Modern Man , Avery (2008), ISBN 9781436225786,
* 2008 , The New Black Lace Book of Women's Sexual Fantasies (ed. Mitzi Szereto), Black Lace (2008), ISBN 9780352341723,
* 2009 , Martin G. Groder & Pat Webster, Winning at Love: The Alpha Male's Guide to Relationship Success , Bascom Hill Books (2009), ISBN 9781935456049,
(informal, abbreviation) Alphabet.
(computer graphics) The level of translucency of a color, as determined by the alpha channel.
Designates the first in an order of precedence.
associated with the alpha male/female archetype.
(star) Designates the brightest star in a constellation.
As a proper noun wolf
is the constellation or wolf can be .As a symbol alpha is
the letter a in the icao spelling alphabet.wolf
English
Noun
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- If God should send a cancer upon thy face, or a wolf into thy side.
- (Knight)
Hypernyms
* (large wild canid) Canis lupus , canidHyponyms
* (large wild canid) she-wolfCoordinate terms
* (large wild canid) dingo, dog ; coyote, jackal, fox (other canids)Derived terms
(terms derived from "wolf") * Big Bad Wolf * cry wolf * grey wolf, gray wolf * Mexican wolf * raised by wolves * red wolf * sea wolf * she-wolf * Tasmanian wolf * werewolf * white wolf * wolf cub * wolf down * wolf in sheep's clothing * wolf interval * wolfie * wolfish * wolflike * wolf tone * wolvenVerb
- After a wolfed burger dinner, I called the night number at Administrative Vice and inquired about known lesbian gathering places.
- Vicars seated himself and began wolfing a sandwich.
Synonyms
* gulp down, wolf downExternal links
* (wikipedia)Anagrams
* ----alpha
English
Noun
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- Being a beta male in a species with alphas doesn't mean you have to sit out the mating game.
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- I'm still turned on by alpha males. I think there are only a couple of other men that turn me on . . . ones that are clearly not alphas .
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- This book is primarily for alpha males, or “top dogs.” We'll talk more about that later; but let's just say that if you are a man and successful in the world of trade, business, or profession, most likely you are an alpha', or you have been trained to ''act like'' an ' alpha .
Derived terms
* alpha and omega * alpha blending * alpha channel * alpha emitter * alpha helix * alphalike * alpha male * alpha particle * alpha ray * alpha wave * alpha ray * alpha testing * alpha versionSee also
*Adjective
(-)- I am the alpha male.
- When space travel becomes feasible, I plan to visit Alpha Centauri.