lupine
- adjective
- /ˈluːpaɪn/
- Hexanols, werewolves, lycanthrops and loop, Garuda boot, every kind of lupine theriomorph you could think of.
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- Hexanols, werewolves, lycanthrops and loop, Garuda boot, every kind of lupine theriomorph you could think of.
Examples
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Her lupine howl echoed through the forest, evoking the majesty of its wild ancestors.
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The animal's lupine instincts made it a skilled hunter in the wild.
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The documentary highlighted the lupine behavior of wolves in their natural habitat.
Compounds
A plant that lives for many years with tall spikes of yellow pea-like flowers
- Specialized
A bushy wild plant from the western United States with yellow, pea-shaped flowers that look like lupines
A plant with white flowers in the pea family that people grow for animal food and to stop soil erosion
- Specialized
A strong, long-lived flowering plant with blue flowers that grows in eastern and central North America
- US
A plant that grows in eastern North America with leaves like a hand and groups of blue flowers
How Wolf-like
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lupine comes from the Latin lupus 'wolf', so it means 'wolf-like'. That's why we call eyes, behaviour, or features 'lupine' when they look or act like a wolf.