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dingo

dingo

11 5.6
A wild dog with yellow-brown fur that lives in Australia
  • noun
  • /ˈdɪŋɡoʊ/
  • Australian
: dingo
  • It's important to keep food secured when camping because a dingo might steal it.
  • dingo dog
  • wild dingo
  • dingo attacks

But they got, they got pushed out of their natural habitats by the dingoes, the bloody dingoes.

Examples

  • The canines that would eventually become dingos, for example, were introduced to Australia around 4,000 years ago.

    Academic text (2011)

  • "A dingo is a dog," Jason said.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Watch out for the dingo, he's vicious!

    Roadgames (1981)

  • Not only were there more koala bears than they could have imagined, there were dingos, kookaburras, kangaroos, and even a platypus.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • On Fraser Island, a dingo with yellowish-brown fur wandered near the camp.

  • Visitors to Australia often hope to spot a dingo in its natural habitat.

Synonyms

warrigal
vsdingo
  • Archaic
9.9

A wild dog like a wolf that lives in Australia and has yellowish-brown fur

is the same name but written with different letters
warragal
vsdingo
  • Archaic
9.9

A wild dog like a wolf that lives in Australia

is the same name but written with alternate letters

Surface Forms

dingo singular
dingoes plural

Etymology

Dingo comes from an Aboriginal Australian word, originally dingu, which meant 'wild dog'. So dingo today still refers to the native wild dog of Australia.