Dalmatian
Americannoun
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Also called (esp formerly): carriage dog, coach dog. a large breed of dog having a short smooth white coat with black or (in liver-spotted dalmatians) brown spots
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a native or inhabitant of Dalmatia
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Dalmatian
First recorded in 1575–85; Dalmati(a) + -an
Vocabulary lists containing dalmatian
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He has described the prehistoric-looking Dalmatian pelicans, which “have eyes of such tremulous glacial depths—the bluish-gray sclera like an ice sheet being cored by the black iris—that they appear to hold entire worlds inside them.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
This is not a preying tiger in the Indian jungle - but a happily mooching Dalmatian dog in Dagnam Park, Romford, unknowingly closing in on a days-old fallow deer fawn.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025
A liver-spotted Dalmatian named Rolly, a gusher of affection, came bounding toward Favor.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2024
Furthermore, the collecting location in Podgora is not in close proximity to a port, and during the Yugoslavian era, the traffic in Dalmatian ports was rather limited.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2023
The Dalmatian fern, with its dappled fronds and alert bearing.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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