"may be more rigid in some languages than others; in some, like Spanish, it may only be a default (""unmarked"") word order, with other orders being permissible. Other languages, such as Tagalog, follow their adjectival orders as rigidly as English. The normal adjectival order of English may be overridden in certain circumstances, especially when one adjective is being fronted. In addition, the usual order of adjectives in English would result in the phrase ""the bad big wolf"" (opinion before size), but instead the usual phrase is ""the big bad wolf"", perhaps because the ablaut reduplication rule that high vowels precede"
"Lutin A lutin () is a type of hobgoblin (an amusing goblin) in French folklore and fairy tales. Female lutins are called ""lutines"" (). A lutin (varieties include the ""Nain Rouge"" or ""red dwarf"") plays a similar role in the folklore of Normandy to house-spirits in England, Germany and Scandinavia. ""Lutin"" is generally translated into English as: brownie, elf, fairy, gnome, goblin, hobgoblin, imp, leprechaun, pixie, puck, or sprite. It sometimes takes the form of a horse saddled ready to ride, and in this shape is called Le Cheval Bayard. Lutins sometimes tangle people's or horses' hair into elf-locks. A"
"Caput lupinum Caput lupinum or caput gerat lupinum is a term used in the English legal system and its derivatives. The Latin term literally means ""wolf's head"" or ""wolfish head"", and refers to a person considered to be an outlaw, as in, ""e.g."", the phrase ""caput gerat lupinum"" (""may he wear a wolfish head"" / ""may his be a wolf's head""). Black's Law Dictionary, 8th edition (2004: 225) reads ""an outlawed felon considered a pariah – a lone wolf – open to attack by anyone."" A person designated a ""caput lupinum"" was a criminal whose rights had been waived. As"
"Lubber fiend The lubber fiend, Lob, lubberkin, lurdane or Lob Lie-By-The-Fire was a legendary creature of English folklore that was similar in attributes to the ""brownie"" (or ""Urisk"") of Scotland and northern England, the ""hob"" of northern England and the Scottish Borders, the Slavic ""domovoi"" and Scandinavian ""tomte"". It has been related also to Robin Goodfellow, and Hobgoblins. It is best known for being mentioned by John Milton. It is generally connected with the north of England. He is typically described as a large, hairy man with a tail, who performs housework in exchange for a saucer of milk and"
"with causing fairy-locks. Lutin A lutin () is a type of hobgoblin (an amusing goblin) in French folklore and fairy tales. Female lutins are called ""lutines"" (). A lutin (varieties include the ""Nain Rouge"" or ""red dwarf"") plays a similar role in the folklore of Normandy to house-spirits in England, Germany and Scandinavia. ""Lutin"" is generally translated into English as: brownie, elf, fairy, gnome, goblin, hobgoblin, imp, leprechaun, pixie, puck, or sprite. It sometimes takes the form of a horse saddled ready to ride, and in this shape is called Le Cheval Bayard. Lutins sometimes tangle people's or horses' hair"
"Lutrine opossum The lutrine opossum (""Lutreolina crassicaudata""), also known as the little water opossum, thick-tailed opossum, or coligrueso is an opossum species from South America and is monotypic in the genus ""Lutreolina"". The lutrine opossum (""lutrine"" means ""otter-like"" and ""crass"" meaning ""thick, fat"" and ""cauda"" meaning ""tail"") is a very peculiar opossum, having a long weasel-like body, short legs, small rounded ears, and dense reddish or yellowish fur. Nocturnal and crepuscular, they generally live in grasslands and savannas near water. They are terrestrial but are excellent swimmers and climbers. Genetic and morphological studies indicate that there is a second species,"
"a fear of humans from hunters and shepherds. The English 'wolf' stems from the Old English ""wulf"", which is itself thought to be derived from the Proto-Germanic ""*wulfaz"". The Latin ""lupus"" is a Sabine loanword. Both derive from the Proto-Indo-European root ""*wlqos"" or ""*lukos"". The species ""Canis lupus"" was first recorded by Carl Linnaeus in his publication ""Systema Naturae"" in 1758, with the Latin classification translating into the English words ""dog wolf"". The thirty-seven subspecies of ""Canis lupus"" are listed under the designated common name of ""wolf"" in Mammal Species of the World third edition that was published in 2005."
"Homo homini lupus Homo homini lupus, or in its unabridged form Homo homini lupus est, is a Latin proverb meaning ""A man is a wolf to another man,"" or more tersely ""Man is wolf to man."" It has meaning in reference to situations where people are known to have behaved in a way comparably in nature to a wolf. The wolf as a creature is thought, in this example, to have qualities of being predatory, cruel, inhuman i.e. more like an animal than civilized. A variation of the proverb appeared as line 495 in the play ""Asinaria"" by Plautus: """"Lupus"
"the man"". Homo homini lupus Homo homini lupus, or in its unabridged form Homo homini lupus est, is a Latin proverb meaning ""A man is a wolf to another man,"" or more tersely ""Man is wolf to man."" It has meaning in reference to situations where people are known to have behaved in a way comparably in nature to a wolf. The wolf as a creature is thought, in this example, to have qualities of being predatory, cruel, inhuman i.e. more like an animal than civilized. A variation of the proverb appeared as line 495 in the play ""Asinaria"" by"
"such, he or she could be legally harmed by any citizen. Caput lupinum Caput lupinum or caput gerat lupinum is a term used in the English legal system and its derivatives. The Latin term literally means ""wolf's head"" or ""wolfish head"", and refers to a person considered to be an outlaw, as in, ""e.g."", the phrase ""caput gerat lupinum"" (""may he wear a wolfish head"" / ""may his be a wolf's head""). Black's Law Dictionary, 8th edition (2004: 225) reads ""an outlawed felon considered a pariah – a lone wolf – open to attack by anyone."" A person designated a"
"Larrikin Larrikin is an Australian English term meaning ""a mischievous young person, an uncultivated, rowdy but good hearted person"", or ""a person who acts with apparent disregard for social or political conventions"". In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the term generally meant ""a lout, a hoodlum"" or ""a young urban rough, a hooligan"", meanings which became obsolescent. The term ""larrikin"" was reported in an English dialect dictionary in 1905, referring to ""a mischievous or frolicsome youth"". The word ""lupikin"", from Scottish Gaelic ""lubaiche"", in the Cromarty Fisherfolk dialect, meaning ""scoundrel"", is unlikely to be cognate. Commentators have noted the"
"and ""Cuon"". Lycaon (genus) Lycaon is a genus of canid. There are two known species: the extant ""Lycaon pictus"", a canid with common names including ""African wild dog"", ""painted dog"", ""ornate wolf"", and ""African hunting dog""; and the extinct, less cursorial ""Lycaon sekowei"", known from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of South Africa. This hypercarnivorous and highly cursorial genus is distinguished by accessory cusps on the premolars. It branched off from the wolf-like canids lineage during the Plio-Pleistocene. Since then, ""Lycaon"" has become lighter and tetradactyl, but has remained hypercarnivorous. Some authors consider the extinct ""Canis"" subgenus ""Xenocyon"" as ancestral to"
"Wolverine The wolverine () (also spelled wolverene), ""Gulo gulo"" (""Gulo"" is Latin for ""glutton""), also referred to as the glutton, carcajou, skunk bear, or quickhatch, is the largest land-dwelling species of the family Mustelidae. It is a stocky and muscular carnivore, more closely resembling a small bear than other mustelids. A solitary animal, it has a reputation for ferocity and strength out of proportion to its size, with the documented ability to kill prey many times larger than itself. The wolverine is found primarily in remote reaches of the Northern boreal forests and subarctic and alpine tundra of the Northern"
"Luison Luison, Luisõ or Lobison is the name of a monstrous creature from Guaraní mythology. Being one of the seven cursed children of Tau and Kerana, the Luison is one of the primary figures of legend in Guaraní-speaking cultures today, such as Paraguay. Of the original myths of the Guaraní people, the Luison is one of the few whose story has changed significantly in modern times. The name of Luison is a variation of ""Lobizón"", a name used in Argentina and Uruguay to describe the werewolf or a similar creature, which is itself a variation of the Brazilian name for"
"is elegant and elaborate, even ""flowery and ornate"". Buffon was roundly criticised by his fellow academics for writing a ""purely popularizing work, empty and puffed up, with little real scientific value"". The species is named in Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, German, English, Swedish, and Polish. The zoological descriptions of the species by Gessner, Ray, Linnaeus, Klein and Buffon himself (""""Canis ex griseo flavescens. Lupus vulgaris"". Buffon. ""Reg. animal. pag. 235"""") are cited. The text is written as a continuous essay, without the sections on identification, distribution and behaviour that might have been expected from other natural histories. Parts concern human"
"Canis lepophagus Canis lepophagus (Latin: ""canis"": 'dog', leporem: 'hare' or 'rabbit', suffix -phagus: '-eating'; hence hare-eating dog) is an extinct species of canid which was endemic to much of North America. It is notable because its lineage is proposed to have led to both wolves and coyotes. Early Pliocene in North America. There is general agreement on the most ancient record, which shows that Feliforms and Caniforms emerged within the super-family Carnivoramorpha 43 million YBP. The caniforms included the fox-like genus ""Leptocyon"" whose various species existed from 34 million YBP before branching 11.9 million YBP into vulpes (foxes) and canini"
"Lapine language Lapine is a fictional language created by author Richard Adams for his 1972 novel ""Watership Down"", where it is spoken by rabbit characters. The language was again used in Adams' 1996 sequel, ""Tales from Watership Down"", and has appeared in both the film and television adaptations. The fragments of language presented by Adams consist of a few dozen distinct words, and are chiefly used for the naming of rabbits, their mythological characters, and objects in their world. The name ""Lapine"" comes from the French word for rabbit, ""lapin"", and can also be used to describe rabbit society. The"
"the years Vera Chaplina and her family played host at home to a number of animals — wolves, a leopard, a lynx and a lion cub named Kinuli. Kinuli in Russian means “abandoned”, and the cub had been abandoned by her mother. Vera Chaplina saved the cub. She took it home. fed it from a bottle, nursed it through its first days. And so Kinuli came to be raised in a Moscow apartment in the middle 1930`s with Chaplina, her husband, young son and brother — and an assortment of neighbors and their children the growing lioness. Kinuli`s story glows"
"choice of animal is based on a play on words: Loupian has, unsurprisingly, a wolf (""Loup""). (One of the most recent, and possibly the most bizarre, ""totems"" is Le Porquet of Pinet, a caterpillar, created in the early 1970s.) Several ""frisky horses"", tourney hobby horses, accompany the traditional group ""Les Tambourinaires de Sant-Sumian"", from Brignoles, a folklore revival group founded in 1942. Their performances are faithfully based on authentic traditions, such as the ""Chivau Frusc"" cited by author Frederic Mistral at Aix-en-Provence and folklorist Violet Alford, principally at Brignoles but also ""all over southern Provence"". Various creatures used to appear"
"tribe Vulpini, which consists of 12 extant species. It is classified under the subfamily Caninae of the canid family Canidae. Although it has previously been assigned to its own monotypic genus ""Alopex"", recent genetic evidence now places it in the genus ""Vulpes"" along with the majority of other foxes. It was originally described by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of ""Systema Naturae"" in 1758 as ""Canis lagopus"". The type specimen was recovered from Lapland, Sweden. The generic name ""vulpes"" is Latin for ""fox"". The specific name ""lagopus"" is derived from Ancient Greek λαγώς (""lagōs"", ""hare"") and πούς (""pous"", ""foot""),"
"gnawed with the incisors and then cracked with the carnassials and molars. Wolves, dogs, and dingoes are subspecies of ""Canis lupus"". The original referent of the English word wolf, the Eurasian wolf, is called ""C. l. lupus"" to distinguish it from other wolf subspecies, such as the Indian wolf (""C. l. pallipes""), the Arabian wolf (""C. l. arabs""), or the Tibetan wolf (""C. l. filchneri""). Some experts have suggested some subspecies of ""C. lupus"" be considered ""Canis"" species distinct from ""C. lupus"". These include Central Asia's Himalayan wolf, and the Indian wolf, as well as North America's red wolf and"
"Lycaon (genus) Lycaon is a genus of canid. There are two known species: the extant ""Lycaon pictus"", a canid with common names including ""African wild dog"", ""painted dog"", ""ornate wolf"", and ""African hunting dog""; and the extinct, less cursorial ""Lycaon sekowei"", known from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of South Africa. This hypercarnivorous and highly cursorial genus is distinguished by accessory cusps on the premolars. It branched off from the wolf-like canids lineage during the Plio-Pleistocene. Since then, ""Lycaon"" has become lighter and tetradactyl, but has remained hypercarnivorous. Some authors consider the extinct ""Canis"" subgenus ""Xenocyon"" as ancestral to both ""Lycaon"""
"Lupo Italiano The Lupo Italiano, also known as the Italian wolfdog, was a dog created by Mario Messi in 1966 by crossing a wolf from Northern Lazio raised as a puppy with a German Shepherd. Its female ancestor is described as a German Shepherd and, confusingly, a wild wolf. Although the breed is claimed to be a hybrid of the German shepherd with an Italian wolf, a genetic study conducted in 2018 could find no connection between this dog and the Italian wolf. Unlike most wolf-dog hybrids, this canine displayed a propensity to be used as a working dog, and"
"Wolf The wolf (""Canis lupus""), also known as the grey/gray wolf or timber wolf, is a canine native to the wilderness and remote areas of Eurasia and North America. It is the largest extant member of its family, with males averaging and females . It is distinguished from other ""Canis"" species by its larger size and less pointed features, particularly on the ears and muzzle. Its winter fur is long and bushy and predominantly a mottled gray in color, although nearly pure white, red, and brown to black also occur. ""Mammal Species of the World"" (3rd ed., 2005), a standard"
"fulva""), greater hoopoe-lark (""Alaemon alaudipes""), greater short-toed lark (""Calandrella brachydactyla""), helmeted guineafowl (""Numida meleagris""), hottentot teal (""Anas hottentota""), lanner falcon (""Falco biarmicus""), lappet-faced vulture (""Torgos tracheliotus""), laughing dove (""Streptopelia senegalensis""), Lichtenstein's sandgrouse (""Pterocles lichtensteinii""), little owl (""Athene noctua""), northern wheatear (""Oenanthe oenanthe""), Nubian bustard (""Neotis Nuba""), pallid swift (""Apus pallidus""), pygmy sunbird (""Anthreptes platurus""), red-billed teal (""Anas erythrorhyncha""), rock dove (""Columba livia""), rock martin (""Ptyonoprogne fuligula""), rufous-tailed scrub robin (""Erythropygia galactotes""), Rüppell's warbler (""Sylvia rueppelli""), sand martin (""Riparia riparia""), southern grey shrike (""Lanius meridionalis""), spotted sandgrouse (""Pterocles senegallus""), striolated bunting (""Emberiza striolata""), subalpine warbler (""Sylvia cantillans""), Sudan golden sparrow (""Passer"
"Guajona The Guajona (; ) or Lumia is a blood-sucking creature of Cantabrian legends, resembling a disfigured human female, resembling to an extent the witches and hags of medieval European folklore, with features specific to her feeding habits. She is covered from head to toe in an old thin black cloak, her hands and feet are gnarled bird legs, her face is yellow with consumed, rough and hairy warts, her eyes are tiny and bright as stars, aquiline nose and mouth provided with a single black razor sharp tooth that is so long it reach down to her under chin"
"and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, who at first denied owning the dog to the media. His name was finally divulged after the Duchess of Cambridge visited Oxford and told Abubakr Hussain, a child at Rose Hill Primary School. The name ""Lupo"" is from the Italian word for Wolf and derived from Latin. It was reported that the Duchess has named the dog after the family of her paternal great grandmother, Olive Christiana Lupton (d.1936); the Lupton family crest has wolves on it. The dog continued to accompany the Duchess of Cambridge while her husband was deployed with the Royal Air"
"Lucani and Dauni is from a word meaning ""wolf"" and therefore different from that of Leucesius/ Lucetius, i.e. from IE from *""luq"" (wolf), not from *""leuk"" light: compare also ""Hirpini"" and ""Dauni"". Daunos according to Walde Hoffmann is from IE root *""dhau"" to strangle, meaning the strangler, epithet of the wolf: cfr. Greek ""thaunos, thērion"" Hes., Phrygian ""dáos, lykos"" Hes., Latin ""F(f)aunus"". According to Alessio Latins and Umbrians both did not name the wolf because of a religious taboo, thence their use of loanwords such as ""lupus"" in Latin (which is Sabine, instead of the expected *""luquos"") and the Umbrians"
"Lump (dog) Lump (1956 – 29 March 1973), was a Dachshund owned by David Douglas Duncan who lived with artist Pablo Picasso for six years, and featured in several of his works. Born in Stuttgart, Germany, and named after the German word for ""rascal"", the dog was acquired by David Douglas Duncan, an American photographer. Lump was purchased at the age of three months from a German family in order to act as a companion for Duncan's Afghan Hound, Kubla. The two dogs did not get along well, with the larger Afghan treating Lump much like a toy, rolling him"
"hobby (""Falco subbuteo""), lapwing (""Vanellus vanellus""), curlew (""Numenius arquata""), green sandpiper (""Tringa ochropus""), Eurasian woodcock (""Scolopax rusticola""), common snipe (""Gallinago gallinago""), collared dove (""Streptopelia decaocto""), cuckoo (""Cuculus canorus""), long-eared owl (""Asio otus""), tawny owl (""Strix aluco""), common swift (""Apus apus""), hoopoe (""Upupa epops""), grey-headed woodpecker (""Picus canus""), European green woodpecker (""Picus viridis""), barn swallow (""Hirundo rustica""), house martin (""Delichon urbica""), tree pipit (""Anthus trivialis""), dunnock (""Prunella modularis""), redstart (""Phoenicurus phoenicurus""), wheatear (""Oenanthe oenanthe""), redwing (""Turdus iliacus""), mistle thrush (""Turdus viscivorus""), sedge warbler (""Acrocephalus schoenobaenus""), aquatic warbler (""Acrocephalus paludicola""), reed warbler (""Acrocephalus scirpaceus""), icterine warbler (""Hippolais icterina""), lesser whitethroat (""Sylvia curruca""),"
"displayed at the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, California. ""Canis"" species that are too small to attract the word ""wolf"" are called coyotes in the Americas and jackals elsewhere. Although these may not be more closely related to each other than they are to ""C. lupus"", they are, as fellow ""Canis"" species, all more closely related to wolves and domestic dogs than they are to foxes, maned wolves, or other canids which do not belong to the genus ""Canis"". The word ""jackal"" is applied to three distinct species of this group: the side-striped (""C. adustus"") and black-backed"
"are a group of large carnivores that are genetically closely related because they all have 78 chromosomes. The group includes genus ""Canis"", ""Cuon"", and ""Lycaon"". The members are the dog ""(C. lupus familiaris)"", gray wolf (""C. lupus""), coyote (""C. latrans""), golden jackal (""C. aureus""), Ethiopian wolf (""C. simensis""), black-backed jackal (""C. mesomelas""), side-striped jackal (""C. adustus""), dhole (""Cuon alpinus""), and African wild dog (""Lycaon pictus""). The latest recognized member is the African golden wolf (""C. anthus""), which was once thought to be an African branch of the golden jackal. As they possess 78 chromosomes, all members of the genus ""Canis"""
"of many civilizations throughout his existence. Romulus (comics) Romulus is a fictional comic book supervillain appearing in books published by Marvel Comics, in particular those featuring Wolverine. He is the leader of the Lupines, a species resembling humans that he claims evolved from canines instead of primates through convergent evolution. He is a shadowy character whose origin and motives remain a mystery. He is shown to have orchestrated most major events in the life of Wolverine, manipulating and controlling him for most of his life. Created by writer Jeph Loeb and artist Simone Bianchi, the character first appeared obscured by"