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WOLF PACK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wolf pack mean?
• WOLF PACK (noun)
The noun WOLF PACK has 2 senses:
1. a group of submarines operating together in attacking enemy convoys
2. a group of wolves hunting together
Familiarity information: WOLF PACK used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A group of submarines operating together in attacking enemy convoys
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("wolf pack" is a kind of...):
fleet (a group of warships organized as a tactical unit)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A group of wolves hunting together
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("wolf pack" is a kind of...):
pack (a group of hunting animals)
Context examples
Hunting their living meat, as the Yeehats were hunting it, on the flanks of the migrating moose, the wolf pack had at last crossed over from the land of streams and timber and invaded Buck’s valley.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
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