dingo
A wild dog native to AustraliaA wild dog native to Australia (Canis familiaris, Canis familiaris dingo, Canis dingo, or Canis lupus dingo).
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» Layla thinks that dingoes are huge monsters.
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2 sensesA wild dog native to Australia (Canis familiaris, Canis familiaris dingo, Canis dingo, or Canis lupus dingo).
Dingo
ди́нгоdíngo
wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia
(Australia, informal)A cowardly or otherwise despicable person.
Examples
11 sentencesLayla thinks that dingoes are huge monsters.
Leonid heard dingos howling in the distance.
Layla doesn't even know what a dingo is.
Layla's only defense against the dingos was a handgun.
Layla thinks that a dingo is as big as a grizzly.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Dharug dingu (“tame or domesticated dingo”).Borrowed from Dharug dingu (“tame or domesticated dingo”).
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Forms
plural: dingos / dingoesSynonyms
3 synonyms- wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia:warrigalwarragalCanis dingo
Word family
5 related wordsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.