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Wolf dog

Wolf \Wolf\, n.; pl. Wolves. [OE. wolf, wulf, AS. wulf; akin to OS. wulf, D. & G. wolf, Icel. [=u]lfr, Sw. ulf, Dan. ulv, Goth. wulfs, Lith. vilkas, Russ. volk', L. lupus, Gr. ly`kos, Skr. v[.r]ka; also to Gr. "e`lkein to draw, drag, tear in pieces. [root]286. Cf. Lupine, a., Lyceum.]

  1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of wild and savage carnivores belonging to the genus Canis and closely allied to the common dog. The best-known and most destructive species are the European wolf ( Canis lupus), the American gray, or timber, wolf ( Canis occidentalis), and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in packs, and may thus attack large animals and even man.

  2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larv[ae] of several species of beetles and grain moths; as, the bee wolf.

  3. Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door.

  4. A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.

  5. An eating ulcer or sore. Cf. Lupus. [Obs.]

    If God should send a cancer upon thy face, or a wolf into thy side.
    --Jer. Taylor.

  6. (Mus.)

    1. The harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament.

    2. In bowed instruments, a harshness due to defective vibration in certain notes of the scale.

  7. (Textile Manuf.) A willying machine. --Knight. Black wolf. (Zo["o]l.)

    1. A black variety of the European wolf which is common in the Pyrenees.

    2. A black variety of the American gray wolf. Golden wolf (Zo["o]l.), the Thibetan wolf ( Canis laniger); -- called also chanco. Indian wolf (Zo["o]l.), an Asiatic wolf ( Canis pallipes) which somewhat resembles a jackal. Called also landgak. Prairie wolf (Zo["o]l.), the coyote. Sea wolf. (Zo["o]l.) See in the Vocabulary. Strand wolf (Zo["o]l.) the striped hyena. Tasmanian wolf (Zo["o]l.), the zebra wolf. Tiger wolf (Zo["o]l.), the spotted hyena. To keep the wolf from the door, to keep away poverty; to prevent starvation. See Wolf, 3, above. --Tennyson. Wolf dog. (Zo["o]l.)

      1. The mastiff, or shepherd dog, of the Pyrenees, supposed by some authors to be one of the ancestors of the St. Bernard dog.

      2. The Irish greyhound, supposed to have been used formerly by the Danes for chasing wolves.

    3. A dog bred between a dog and a wolf, as the Eskimo dog.

      Wolf eel (Zo["o]l.), a wolf fish.

      Wolf fish (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of large, voracious marine fishes of the genus Anarrhichas, especially the common species ( Anarrhichas lupus) of Europe and North America. These fishes have large teeth and powerful jaws. Called also catfish, sea cat, sea wolf, stone biter, and swinefish.

      Wolf net, a kind of net used in fishing, which takes great numbers of fish.

      Wolf's peach (Bot.), the tomato, or love apple ( Lycopersicum esculentum).

      Wolf spider (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of running ground spiders belonging to the genus Lycosa, or family Lycosid[ae]. These spiders run about rapidly in search of their prey. Most of them are plain brown or blackish in color. See Illust. in App.

      Zebra wolf (Zo["o]l.), a savage carnivorous marsupial ( Thylacinus cynocephalus) native of Tasmania; -- called also Tasmanian wolf.

Wiktionary
wolf dog

alt. 1 a dog trained to hunt wolves 2 a hybrid between a wolf and a dog n. 1 a dog trained to hunt wolves 2 a hybrid between a wolf and a dog

Wikipedia
Wolf Dog

Wolf Dog (1958) is a Northwestern movie, directed and produced by Sam Newfield and released by Regal Films. In August 1957, Newfield and a camera crew filmed the movie in and around Markdale, Ontario, near Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada. The movie co-starred Hollywood actors Jim Davis, Allison Hayes and John Hart along with Canadian actors Austin Willis and Tony Brown. Several locals were offered a chance to be unpaid "extras". Among those were Paul Hutton, Jerry Bartley, Constable Clarence Bowins, David Jackson, Officer Jack Johnston, Ron Wyvill, Don Wyvill.

While not an artistic or commercial success, the film is noteworthy in that it was created almost 40 years before Telefilm Canada and federal government subsidies enabled big-name movies to be filmed in Canadian locales. Markdale residents were delighted to have Hollywood make a film in their town.

It was hoped a film set in "The Great North Country" would be a crossover hit in the U.S. and the Commonwealth, both lucrative movie markets. For reasons unknown, the film disappeared from the public eye for almost 50 years. One interesting, though unsubstantiated, rumor suggested one of the main actors wanted all traces of the film destroyed. The only known copies of the movie are an incomplete version stored at the National Archives of Canada and a complete version at the U.S. Library of Congress.

Copies of the movie can be found at the Markdale Public Library, Ontario, Canada, donated by the creator of the fan site, Jeff Wilson. He, along with actors from the film. Ron Wyvill and Paul Hutton, appeared in a short documentary made by Rogers Television, Owen Sound. Wilson and Wyvill also organized several screenings in the town of Markdale, Ontario, where the film was originally shot. There is also a link to a radio interview with Ron Wyvill on YouTube which can be found under the channel Toonguy85, belonging to Wilson.

All distribution copyrights belong to 20th Century Fox.

Usage examples of "wolf dog".

Vaylo Bludd kicked out at the wolf dog, making it jump back and yowl.

The wolf dog, torn between staying with its master and trotting alongside Drybone, raced back and forth in the growing distance between them.