wolf
– noun
1. any of several large carnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, of the dog family Canidae, esp. C. lupus, usually hunting in packs, formerly common throughout the Northern Hemisphere but now chiefly restricted to the more unpopulated parts of its range.
2. the fur of such an animal.
3. any of various wolflike animals of different families.
4. the constellation Lupus.
5. the larva of any of various small insects infesting granaries.
6. a cruelly rapacious person.
7. a man who makes amorous advances to many women.
8. a. the harsh discord heard in certain chords of keyboard instruments, esp. the organ, when tuned on some system of unequal temperament.
b. a chord or interval in which such a discord appears.
c. (in bowed instruments) a discordant or false vibration in a string due to a defect in structure or adjustment of the instrument.
– verb
9. to devour voraciously.
- idioms
10.
cry wolf, to give a false alarm.
11.
wolf in sheep's clothing, a person who conceals his or her evil intentions or character beneath an innocent exterior.
mouse
– noun
1. any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, esp. of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
2. any similar small animal of various rodent and marsupial families.
3. quiet, timid person.
4. a palm-sized, button-operated device that can be slid on wheels or ball bearings over a desktop to move the cursor on a computer monitor.
5. a swelling under the eye, caused by a blow or blows; black eye.
6. a girl or woman.
– verb
7. to hunt out, as a cat hunts out mice.
8. to hunt for or catch mice.
10. to prowl about, as if in search of something.
11. to seek or search stealthily or watchfully, as if for prey.
