dhole
/dɒl//dəʊl/
dhole noun: an Asian wild dog, Cuon alpinus.
Noun
dhole (plural dholes or dhole)
- An Asian wild dog, Cuon alpinus.
- Mowgli's wanderings had taken him to the edge of the high grassy downs of the Dekkan, and he had seen the fearless dholes sleeping and playing and scratching themselves in the little hollows and tussocks that they use for lairs.1895, Rudyard Kipling, Red Dog
- This whistling, a means of communication for a pack of dhole regrouping after an unsuccessful hunt, inspired the other common name of this species—the whistling dog.2001, “Dhole”, in Endangered Wildlife and Plants of the World, Marshall Cavendish Corporation, page 451
- Synonyms:
- Asian wild dog, Indian wild dog, whistling dog, red wolf, red dog, mountain wolf, kholsun, ajag, adjag
dhole meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
dhole in Hindi
- Asian wild dog
- सोनकुत्ता sonkuttā, ढोल ḍhol, जंगली कुत्ता jaṅglī kuttā
dhole in Tamil
- Asian wild dog
- செந்நாய் cennāy
dhole in Marathi
- Asian wild dog
- कोळसना koḷasnā, कोळसरा koḷasrā, कोळसा koḷsā, कोळसून koḷsūn, भारतीय रानकुत्रा bhārtīy rānkutrā
dhole in Urdu
- Asian wild dog
- جنگلی کتا jaṅglī kuttā
More languagesFewer languages
- dhole in Bengali
- রামকুত্তা ramkutta
- dhole in Telugu
- రేచు కుక్క rēcu kukka, అడవి కుక్క aḍavi kukka, రేచుకుక్కలు rēcukukkalu
- dhole in Malayalam
- ചെന്നായ cennāya
- dhole in Kannada
- ಕಾಡು ನಾಯಿ kāḍu nāyi, ಕೊರ್ಕು korku, ಕೆನ್ನಾಯಿ kennāyi
- dhole in Gujarati
- કુત્ર kutra
- dhole in Odia
- ବଳିଆ କୁକୁର baḷiā kukura, ଢୋଲ୍ ḍhol, କୋକବଲିଆ kokabaliā
- dhole in Assamese
- ৰাং কুকুৰ raṅ kukur
- dhole in Nepali
- वन कुकुर van kukura
- dhole in Arabic
- دُول dūl
- dhole in Malay
- anjing hutan
- dhole in Indonesian
- anjing hutan
- dhole in Thai
- หมาใน mǎa-nai
- dhole in Vietnamese
- chó rừng, chó sói lửa, sói đỏ
- dhole in Myanmar
- တောခွေး tau:hkwe:
- Kashmiri
- وَن ہوٗن van hūn
- Dzongkha
- འཕརཝ 'phar.w
Synonyms of dhole
- Asian wild dog
- Indian wild dog
- whistling dog
- red wolf
- red dog
- mountain wolf
- kholsun
- ajag
- adjag
Forms of dhole
| plural | dholes |
|---|---|
| plural | dhole |
Origin of dhole
Related to Kannada ತೋಳ (tōḷa, “wolf”).
Words that rhyme with dhole
47 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- parole
- toll
- dole
- goal
- patrol
- role
- swole
- bricole
- condole
- mole
- noel
- whole
- stroll
- bole
- knoll
- shoal
- carmagnole
- foal
- pistole
- prole
- Seoul
- stole
- thole
- Tyrol
- baklol
- cajole
- console
- decontrol
- droll
- extol
- extrasystole
- gnoll
- hop pole
- indol
- kohl
- memorial pole
- micromole
- mol
- Nicole
- nole
- ole
- parasystole
- schizocoel
- schizocoele
- sowl
- square peg in a round hole
- vole
Questions about dhole
- What does dhole mean?
- Dhole means an Asian wild dog, Cuon alpinus.
- What is dhole in Hindi?
- Dhole in Hindi is सोनकुत्ता (sonkuttā), ढोल (ḍhol), जंगली कुत्ता (jaṅglī kuttā). See Dhole meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dhole?
- Dhole is a noun.
- How do you pronounce dhole?
- Dhole is pronounced /dəʊl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of dhole?
- The plural of dhole is dholes.
Words near dhole in the dictionary
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