CAPE HUNTING DOG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cape hunting dog mean? 

• CAPE HUNTING DOG (noun)
  The noun CAPE HUNTING DOG has 1 sense:

1. a powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs; now rare in settled area

  Familiarity information: CAPE HUNTING DOG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAPE HUNTING DOG (noun)

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Meaning:

A powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs; now rare in settled area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

African hunting dog; Cape hunting dog; hyena dog; Lycaon pictus

Hypernyms ("Cape hunting dog" is a kind of...):

wild dog (any of various undomesticated mammals of the family Canidae that are thought to resemble domestic dogs as distinguished from jackals or wolves)