HyperDic: cape_hunting_dog

English > 1 sense of the expression Cape hunting dog:
NOUNanimalCape hunting dog, African hunting dog, hyena dog, Lycaon pictusa powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs
English > Cape hunting dog: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs; now rare in settled area.
SynonymsAfrican hunting dog, hyena dog, Lycaon pictus
Broaderwild dogAny of various undomesticated mammals of the family Canidae that are thought to resemble domestic dogs as distinguished from jackals or wolves
Spanishlicaón
CatalanLycaon pictus

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