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Definition
a superior ability
- By evening Perrault secured another dog, an old husky, long and lean and gaunt, with a battle-scarred face and a single eye which flashed a warning of prowess that commanded respect.Chapter 2 — The Law of Club and Fang (30% in)
- He was a killer, a thing that preyed, living on the things that lived, unaided, alone, by virtue of his own strength and prowess, surviving triumphantly in a hostile environment where only the strong survived.Chapter 7 — The Sounding of the Call (41% in)
There are no more uses of "prowess" in The Call of the Wild.
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