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
I immediately caught the rifle, and turning around saw a native dog dragging my saddle by one of the straps.
From Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 by W. H. (William Henry) Corfield
Our pointers and Newfoundlands do not closely resemble any native dog now found in the countries whence they were brought.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Charles Darwin
They saw a native dog of the regular Australian breed; kangaroos were abundant, but these as well as all other game were much less wild than any of the party had before observed.
From Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 by George Grey
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