Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WOLF, n. [wulf; Sax. wulf; G. and D. wolf; Sw. ulf; Dan. ulv; Russ. volk; L. vulpes, a fox, the same word differently applied. The Gr. is αλωπηξ.]

1. An animal of the genus Canis, a beast of prey that kills sheep and other small domestic animals; called sometimes the wild dog. The wolf is crafty, greedy and ravenous.
2. A small white worm or maggot, which infests granaries. – Cyc.
3. An eating ulcer. – Brown.