NOUN | animal | Cape hunting dog, African hunting dog, hyena dog, Lycaon pictus | a powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs |
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Meaning | A powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs; now rare in settled area. | |
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Synonyms | African hunting dog, hyena dog, Lycaon pictus | |
Broader | wild dog | Any of various undomesticated mammals of the family Canidae that are thought to resemble domestic dogs as distinguished from jackals or wolves |
Spanish | licaón | |
Catalan | Lycaon pictus |
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