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African hunting dog

African hunting dog noun: a wild canid, Lycaon pictus, typically black, white and tan, found in Tanzania, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa.

african hunting dog: a wild canid, Lycaon pictus, typically black, white and tan, found in Tanzania, Kenya, Zimbabwe,...
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Noun

African hunting dog (plural African hunting dogs)

  1. A wild canid, Lycaon pictus, typically black, white and tan, found in Tanzania, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa.

African hunting dog meaning in Arabic, Malay, Vietnamese and Myanmar

African hunting dog in Arabic

Lycaon pictus
سِمْع simʕ, كَلْبٌ بَرِّيٌّ إِفْرِيقِيٌّ kalbun barriyyun ʔifrīqiyyun

African hunting dog in Malay

Lycaon pictus
anjing pemburu Afrika, anjing liar Afrika

African hunting dog in Vietnamese

Lycaon pictus
chó hoang châu Phi

African hunting dog in Myanmar

Lycaon pictus
အာဖရိက တောခွေး ahpa.ri.ka. tau:hkwe:

Synonyms of African hunting dog

Forms of African hunting dog

pluralAfrican hunting dogs

Questions about African hunting dog

What does African hunting dog mean?
African hunting dog means a wild canid, Lycaon pictus, typically black, white and tan, found in Tanzania, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa.
What is African hunting dog in Arabic?
African hunting dog in Arabic is سِمْع (simʕ), كَلْبٌ بَرِّيٌّ إِفْرِيقِيٌّ (kalbun barriyyun ʔifrīqiyyun). See African hunting dog meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is African hunting dog?
African hunting dog is a noun.
What is the plural of African hunting dog?
The plural of African hunting dog is African hunting dogs.

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