she-wolf
Noun
Meaning
(slang, figuratively) A predatory woman.
A female wolf.
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In addition, the “-en” suffix was used in Old English to form feminine versions of male nouns: (she-wolf).
She was a she-wolf, a relentless enemy of the oppressive oligarchy and all members of the idle ruling class.
Owen 1980 p. 44; Jenkins 2002 pp. 263, 305 In 1583 she informed ambassadors that Lettice Dudley was "a she-wolf" and her husband a "traitor" and "a cuckold".
The feminine's -ynja main suffix is known from a few other nouns denoting female animals, such as apynja main "female monkey", vargynja main "she-wolf".
The twins were nurtured by a she-wolf until a shepherd named Faustulus found the boys and took them as his sons.
With her better nature overcome, the she-wolf devours each of her own children, then her relatives' children in order of relationship, and finally the children of strangers.