native dog
Britishnoun
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The area is known for its population of dingoes, a wild species of native dog that is protected in Queensland national parks.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2026
Last week a native dog teamster reported that he had seen a thin column of smoke near where Pilot Eielson might have been forced down.
From Time Magazine Archive
The native dog is generally believed to be an importation, being deficient of the false uterus or pouch characterising all our other quadrupeds.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 271, September 1, 1827 by Various
The object of this aerial tomb is evident enough, namely, to protect the corpse from the dingo, or native dog.
From A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians by Yarrow, H. C. (Harry Crécy)
Side and back views Long-Glats, with a native dog.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Lumholtz, Carl
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