Big Bad foil to Little Red Riding Hood

noun

1. Any of several large predatory canids (genus Canis) that are active mostly at night, live and hunt in packs, and resemble the related dogs
2. The fur of a wolf
3. Dire poverty starvation

   "keep the wolf from the door"

4. The maggot of a warble fly
5. A harshness due to faulty vibration in various tones in a bowed instrument

verb

1. To eat greedily devour

biographical name

1. Friedrich August 1759–1824 German philologist

biographical name

1. Hugo Philipp Jakob 1860–1903 Austrian composer

biographical name

1. Christian 1679–1754 Freiherr von Wolff German philosopher and mathematician

noun

1. Any of various large dogs formerly kept for hunting wolves
2. The offspring of a wolf and a domestic dog

noun

1. A group of submarines that make a coordinated attack on shipping

noun

1. Any of various active wandering ground spiders (family Lycosidae)

noun

1. A very large forest tree that has a wide-spreading crown and inhibits or prevents the growth of smaller trees around it

noun

1. A distinctive 2-toned whistle sounded to express approval of another person's appearance

   "The football players, wearing their jerseys and sequestered in the stands, make the same wolf whistles and obnoxious gestures that college football players everywhere tend to make when confronted by shimmying women in tight clothing."