dhole
a wild Asian dog, Cuon alpinus, that hunts in packs: an endangered species.
Origin of dhole
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How to use dhole in a sentence
But then the deer become tired much sooner than the dholes; and while they are resting their pursuers catch up with them.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History | Theodore WoodDholes are whole-coloured animals, with short heads; and hunt in packs.
The dholes are a very silent people as a rule, and they have no manners even in their own Jungle.
The Second Jungle Book | Rudyard KiplingAkela knew something of the dholes, too, for he said to Mowgli quietly.
The Second Jungle Book | Rudyard KiplingYe be true dholes, but to my thinking over much of one kind.
The Second Jungle Book | Rudyard Kipling
British Dictionary definitions for dhole
/ (dəʊl) /
a fierce canine mammal, Cuon alpinus, of the forests of central and SE Asia, having a reddish-brown coat and rounded ears: hunts in packs
Origin of dhole
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