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Wild dog

noun

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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"Wild dog" Quotes from Famous Books

... it is an objection. All the same, I pass it over. Near Gwynplaine, gentlemen and ladies, is another artist, a valued and distinguished personage who accompanies us—his lordship Homo, formerly a wild dog, now a civilized wolf, and a faithful subject of her Majesty's. Homo is a mine of deep and superior talent. Be attentive and watch. You are going to set Homo play as well as Gwynplaine, and you must do honour to art. That is an attribute of great ...

— The Man Who Laughs • Victor Hugo

Words linked to "Wild dog" : African hunting dog, crab-eating fox, Canis dingo, hyena dog, warragal, Lycaon pictus, family Canidae, Cape hunting dog, canine, crab-eating dog, dingo, canid, Dusicyon cancrivorus, warrigal, dhole, raccoon dog, Canidae, Cuon alpinus, Nyctereutes procyonides