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dieb

dieb noun: a canine of northern Africa, the African wolf (Canis lupaster, formerly considered an African variant of the golden jackal, Canis aureus).

Noun

dieb (plural diebs)

  1. A canine of northern Africa, the African wolf (Canis lupaster, formerly considered an African variant of the golden jackal, Canis aureus).
    • The African jackal or dieb (C. anthus, same as in the preceding genus) […]1869, George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana, The New American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, page 674

Forms of dieb

pluraldiebs

Origin of dieb

From Arabic ذِئْب (ḏiʔb). Doublet of adive.

Questions about dieb

What does dieb mean?
Dieb means a canine of northern Africa, the African wolf (Canis lupaster, formerly considered an African variant of the golden jackal, Canis aureus).
What part of speech is dieb?
Dieb is a noun.
What is the plural of dieb?
The plural of dieb is diebs.

Words near dieb in the dictionary

  1. die-hards
  2. die-in
  3. die-ins
  4. die-off
  5. die-offs
  6. dieb
  7. dieback
  8. diebacks
  9. diebs
  10. diecast
  11. diecasting

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