native dog
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Some Carolina dogs still live in the wild, and local people have long thought they were one of the few breeds that predated the European arrival in the Americas: “Our native dog,” as Michael Ruano, another enthusiast who often works with Mr. Anderson, put it.
From New York Times
Goats he knew, and pigs, and the wild animals of the forest; he knew the native dog, with its foxy head, smooth yellowish coat, and bushy tail; but this creature was new to him.
From Project Gutenberg
A huge animal with terrible teeth and eyes, shaped somewhat like a tiger, had rushed up out of one of the deepest, darkest pots or pools and attacked a native dog which was standing near.
From Project Gutenberg
The huts where they were quartered lay upon the outskirts, and the party quitted the village so silently that not even a native dog raised its alarm.
From Project Gutenberg
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