dhole

American  

[dohl] / doʊl /

noun

1. a wild Asian dog, Cuon alpinus, that hunts in packs: an endangered species.

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dhole British  

/ dəʊl /

noun

1. 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

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Etymology

Origin of dhole

First recorded in 1827; said to be the Indigenous name of the animal, though apparently not attested in Indo-Aryan or Dravidian languages

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dhole

The map was like this birds tigers gibbons 10 The dhole is the Indian wild dog and it looks like a fox.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon

The dhole, for instance, do not begin to call themselves a pack till they are a hundred strong; whereas forty wolves make a very fair pack indeed.

From The Second Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard

But for YE, Free People, my word is that ye go north and eat but little for a while till the dhole are gone.

From The Second Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard

It is generally agreed that no trace of the dog is to be found in a primitive state, the dhole of India and dingo of Australia being believed to be wild descendants from domesticated ancestors.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

"Never before have the dhole crossed our trail."

From The Second Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard