wolf pack
Coordinated canine hunters
A wolf pack is a group of wolves that live and hunt together, typically a family unit with a dominant breeding pair.
The term extends to any coordinated group operating as a unit, especially with predatory or aggressive connotations: a wolf pack of submarines, The reporters descended like a wolf pack.
In military history, wolf pack specifically named the German U-boat tactics of World War II, where submarines attacked convoys in groups.
- alphaFirst Greek letter
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- apex predatorUnpreyed-upon dominant hunter
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- naval tacticsMilitary strategy at sea
submarine warfare · territoriality · group · keystone species · howl · U-boat · Fenrir · canine · prowl · hunting party · Romulus and Remus · beta · hunt · forest · den · snarl · wild · prey
- animal coloniesrookery, nesting colony, breeding colony, seabird colony, penguin colony
- pack behavioralpha male, alpha female, dominance display
- Jungle TalesMowgli, Baloo, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, Kipling, talking animals
- pack hunterswild dogs, African wild dogs, lions, lionesses, hyenas
- Wolveswerewolf, werewolves, howl, howling, wolfsbane
- YellowstoneOld Faithful, geysers, geyser, Yellowstone Lake, hot spring
wolf packlone wolf
Self-reliant individualist
individual · loner · solitary hunter · hermit · solo
wolf packsolitary hunter
Animal that stalks alone
ambush predator · herd · flock · scavenger · grazer
wolf packgrazing animals
Livestock feeding on pasture
sitting ducks · lamb · lambs
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