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Definition of Akela
1. Proper noun. A fictional wolf character in Rudyard Kipling's ''The Jungle Book''. ¹
2. Noun. The leader of a pack of Cub Scouts. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Akela
1. a leader of a cub scout pack [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Akela
| akathisia akathisias akathisic akatoreite akdalaite akdalaites ake akeake akebia aked | akedah akedahs akee akee tree akees akela akelas akembe aken akene | akenes akeni akenned akenness akenning akens akepiro akepiros aker |
Literary usage of Akela
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
""Drive the bulls away to the left, Akela. Gray Brother, when we are gone hold
... The bulls swept off as Akela bayed, and Gray Brother stopped in front of ..."
2. The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (1894)
"Akela never raised his head from his paws, but went on with the monotonous ...
Akela never even twitched his ears. All he said was, " Look well, O Wolves ! ..."
3. Average Americans by Theodore Roosevelt (1919)
"He always reminded me of Kipling's description of Akela the gray wolf, when he
says that "Akela was very old and gray, and he walked as though he were made ..."
4. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India by Geological Survey of India (1872)
"... near an isolated elevation called hills and near Akela 40 ... band of light
colored coarse sandstone ' Akela? ..."
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