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CUON ALPINUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cuon alpinus mean? 

CUON ALPINUS (noun)
  The noun CUON ALPINUS has 1 sense:

1. fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packsplay

  Familiarity information: CUON ALPINUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CUON ALPINUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cuon alpinus; dhole

Hypernyms ("Cuon alpinus" 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)

Holonyms ("Cuon alpinus" is a member of...):

Cuon; Cyon; genus Cuon; genus Cyon (Asiatic wild dog)


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