English > wild dog: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | Any of various undomesticated mammals of the family Canidae that are thought to resemble domestic dogs as distinguished from jackals or wolves. |
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| Member of | Canidae, family Canidae | dogs |
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| Narrower | African hunting dog, hyena dog, Cape hunting dog, Lycaon pictus | A powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs |
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| crab-eating dog, crab-eating fox, Dusicyon cancrivorus | wild dog of northern South America |
| dhole, Cuon alpinus | fierce wild dog of the forests / forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs |
| dingo, warrigal, warragal, Canis dingo | wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia |
| raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonides | small wild dog of eastern Asia having facial markings like those of a raccoon |
| Broader | canine, canid | Any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles |
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| Spanish | perro salvaje |
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| Catalan | gos salvatge |
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