MUTT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mutt mean? 

• MUTT (noun)
  The noun MUTT has 1 sense:

1. an inferior dog or one of mixed breed

  Familiarity information: MUTT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUTT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An inferior dog or one of mixed breed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

cur; mongrel; mutt

Hypernyms ("mutt" is a kind of...):

Canis familiaris; dog; domestic dog (a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mutt"):

feist; fice (a nervous belligerent little mongrel dog)

pariah dog; pie-dog; pye-dog (ownerless half-wild mongrel dog common around Asian villages especially India)