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CRAB-EATING DOG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does crab-eating dog mean?
• CRAB-EATING DOG (noun)
The noun CRAB-EATING DOG has 1 sense:
1. wild dog of northern South America
Familiarity information: CRAB-EATING DOG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wild dog of northern South America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
crab-eating dog; crab-eating fox; Dusicyon cancrivorus
Hypernyms ("crab-eating dog" is a kind of...):
wild dog (any of various undomesticated mammals of the family Canidae that are thought to resemble domestic dogs as distinguished from jackals or wolves)
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