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Dingo

/ˈdɪŋɡəʊ/

Canis lupus dingo, a wild dog native to Australia.

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    Canis lupus dingo, a wild dog native to Australia.

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warrigalnounA wild dingo.
warragalnounAlternative form of warrigal. [A wild dingo.]
canis dingonounwolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of australia

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warrigalnounA wild dingo.
warragalnounAlternative form of warrigal. [A wild dingo.]
canis dingonounwolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of australia
pupnounA young dog, wolf, fox, seal, bat or shark, or the young of certain other animals.
scalpsnounThe part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.
american dingonounSynonym of Carolina dog.
doggernoun(humorous, endearing, diminutive) Synonym of doggo (“a dog”).
asian wild dognounSynonym of dhole (Cuon alpinus).
dholenoun(zoology) An Asian wild dog, Cuon alpinus.
ajaknoun(Indonesia) The dhole (Cuon alpinus).
kangaroo dognoun(Australia) A dog used to hunt kangaroos; (specifically), a breed of dog for this purpose, developed in Australia from the Scottish deerhound and the greyhound.
adjagnounSynonym of dhole (“Asian wild dog”).
weredingonoun(fiction, rare) A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a dingo.
tiger quollnounA carnivorous marsupial, of species Dasyurus maculatus, native to Australia.
aussienoun(colloquial) An Australian.
buansuahnounThe wild dog of northern India and Nepal (Cuon primaevus, now Cuon alpinus); the dhole.
african wild dognounSynonym of African hunting dog.
'dognounAlternative form of dog (“hot dog”). [A mammal of the family Canidae:]
dingisonounA tree kangaroo Dendrolagus mbaiso of New Guinea
dixie dingonounSynonym of Carolina dog.

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