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Wolf-Rayet star

(Encyclopedia)Wolf-Rayet star: see spectral class. ...

Wolf, Christian von

(Encyclopedia)Wolf, Christian von: see Wolff, Christian von. ...

Burnett, Chester Arthur

(Encyclopedia)Burnett, Chester Arthur: see Howlin' Wolf. ...

Sacks, Oliver Wolf

(Encyclopedia)Sacks, Oliver Wolf, 1933–2015, British neurologist and author, b. London, educated at Queen's College, Oxford. In 1960 he moved to the United States, where he continued his medical training. He bega...

Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts

(Encyclopedia)Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

jackal

(Encyclopedia)jackal, name for several Old World carnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, which also includes the dog and the wolf. Jackals are found in Africa and S Asia, where they inhabit deserts, grasslands, and...

Tasmanian tiger

(Encyclopedia)Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf: see thylacine. ...

coyote

(Encyclopedia)coyote kīˈōt, kīōˈtē [key] or prairie wolf, small, swift wolf, Canis latrans, native to W North America. Historically found in deserts, prairies, open woodlands, and brush country, it is increa...

Anubis

(Encyclopedia)Anubis əno͞oˈbĭs [key], Egyptian god of the dead. He presided over the embalming of the dead and is represented as a jackal-, wolf-, or dog-headed man. ...

Wolff, Christian von

(Encyclopedia)Wolff or Wolf, Christian von krĭsˈtyän fən vôlf [key], 1679–1754, German philosopher. One of the first to use the German language instead of Latin, he systematized and popularized the doctrines...