pariah dog
Britishnoun
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India’s pariah dog, the dominant street breed, is probably a descendant of an early Chinese immigrant, said Peter Savolainen, a professor of evolutionary genetics at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
From New York Times ● Aug. 7, 2012
A pariah dog would slink into the courtyard from time to time in search of a morsel of food.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
So I put aside the memory of the little pariah dog and the gosling.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
They call him lion; a more fitting name would be pariah dog.
From Barclay of the Guides by Strang, Herbert
The common or pariah dog is generally of sandy colour; in Upper Egypt there is a breed of wiry rough-haired black dogs, noted for their fierceness.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
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