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Mioritic

Mioritic adjective: applied to a breed of large dogs used for guarding livestock, originating in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania.

Adjective

Mioritic (not comparable)

  1. Applied to a breed of large dogs used for guarding livestock, originating in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania.

Origin of Mioritic

In reference to the Romanian pastoral ballad Miorița. See mioritic.

Questions about Mioritic

What does Mioritic mean?
Mioritic means applied to a breed of large dogs used for guarding livestock, originating in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania.
What part of speech is Mioritic?
Mioritic is an adjective.

Words near Mioritic in the dictionary

  1. miogeosynclines
  2. miombo
  3. miombo tit
  4. miombo tits
  5. miombos
  6. Mioritic
  7. mioses
  8. miosis
  9. miotic
  10. miotics
  11. Mioveni

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