NOUN
- any of various undomesticated mammals of the family Canidae that are thought to resemble domestic dogs as distinguished from jackals or wolves
How To Use wild dog In A Sentence
- There are simply fewer people on the land to keep down the wild dog numbers. Times, Sunday Times
- Among wild dogs and wolves, the cooperative hunting pack includes both males and females, and they provision both pups and a nursing mother.
- They cussed and yelled their ways through the day, took an occasional sly snort from a bottle in the bottom drawer of their desk and bit into news stories like packs of wild dogs, never letting go until they'd found and told the truth. ' 03/01/2005
- A deer being chased by a wild dog, hurtling across some large featureless plain beneath a sky the deep blue-black of ink, interspersing its run with elegant bounds, that delicate prettiness even in its death-flight.
- Although similar in appearance to hyenas, African wild dogs are nevertheless true wild canidae.
- The reserve is home to the big five and to many other animals, including the rare wild dog. Times, Sunday Times
- In addition to man, kudus are preyed upon by lions, leopards, and wild dogs.
- The wildlife to see here includes buffalo, hippo, black rhino, lion and wild dog.
- Other notable mammals include carnivores, such as leopard Panthera pardus, wild dog or dhole Cuon alpinus (VU), leopard cat Felis bengalensis, fishing cat F. viverrina (LR), Javan mongoose Herpestes javanicus and several civets, including binturong Arctictis binturong. Ujung Kulon National Park and Krakatau Nature Reserve, Indonesia
- The result was the adoption of husbandry practices that allowed populations of elephants, zebras, giraffes, and antelope to flourish, serving as food to leopards, hyenas, and wild dogs.
