wild dog
noun
: any of various undomesticated canids (such as an African wild dog or a dingo) that resemble the domestic dog
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Images showed a leopard, a pack of wild dogs, herds of sambar deer, gaur (a large bovine), muntjacs (a small deer species) and wild boars, officials said.
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
While this pup was not a wild animal, wild dogs actually do exist in America.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
Greeks and Romans catalogued hundreds of species of plants that could do everything from act as birth control to treat wild dog bites, and readers of Shakespeare will recall Romeo and Juliet’s Friar Lawrence turning to herbs to help the young lovers.
—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 14 Jan. 2025
Noted for being intelligent enough to even outsmart their owners, the American Kennel Club states the breed is related to Australia's native wild dog, the Dingo.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
While this pup was not a wild animal, wild dogs actually do exist in America.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
Greeks and Romans catalogued hundreds of species of plants that could do everything from act as birth control to treat wild dog bites, and readers of Shakespeare will recall Romeo and Juliet’s Friar Lawrence turning to herbs to help the young lovers.
—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 14 Jan. 2025
Noted for being intelligent enough to even outsmart their owners, the American Kennel Club states the breed is related to Australia's native wild dog, the Dingo.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Wild dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wild%20dog. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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