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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 packs
Familiarity information: CUON ALPINUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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