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crocotta

crocotta noun: a mythical dog-wolf of India or Ethiopia, said to be a deadly enemy of men and dogs and able to imitate the voice of any animal or human.

crocotta: a mythical dog-wolf of India or Ethiopia, said to be a deadly enemy of men and dogs and able to...
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Noun

crocotta (plural crocottas)

  1. A mythical dog-wolf of India or Ethiopia, said to be a deadly enemy of men and dogs and able to imitate the voice of any animal or human.
    Synonyms:
    yena

Synonyms of crocotta

  • yena

Forms of crocotta

pluralcrocottas
alternative formcorocotta
alternative formcrocuta

Origin of crocotta

From Ancient Greek κροκόττας (krokóttas, “crocotta”, first attested in Strabo's Geographica), which may have been borrowed from Sanskrit.

Questions about crocotta

What does crocotta mean?
Crocotta means a mythical dog-wolf of India or Ethiopia, said to be a deadly enemy of men and dogs and able to imitate the voice of any animal or human.
What part of speech is crocotta?
Crocotta is a noun.
What is the plural of crocotta?
The plural of crocotta is crocottas.

Words near crocotta in the dictionary

  1. croconic
  2. croconic acid
  3. crocose
  4. crocosmia
  5. crocosmias
  6. crocotta
  7. crocottas
  8. crocoxanthin
  9. crocs
  10. crocus
  11. crocus of Mars

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