Lupine – English Vocabulary about Animals

Lupine - English Vocabulary about Animals /ˈluː.pɪn/ (adj & noun) Definition (also lupin) wolf-like or similar to wolves esp because of being ravenous and wild, voracious, rapacious, ravening, predatory, greedy Noun: a plant with tall flower spikes Example A bloody, stinking sheep's carcass greets shepherd Yves Vignon as he walks to check on his flock on the foggy Alpine heights. It's the 17th of his ewes to be savaged in a month. The mountains over Grenoble were once an ideal grazing ground for his 900 sheep. But now, after long banishment, the lupine and ravenous wolves are back - bolder ...