warrigal

American  

[wawr-i-guhl] / ˈwɔr ɪ gəl /

noun

1. dingo.

2. any large or ferocious dog.

3. a wild horse.

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adjective

1. wild; ferocious; savage.

warrigal British  

/ ˈwɒrɪɡæl /

noun

1. a dingo

2. another word for brumby

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adjective

1. untamed or wild

Etymology

Origin of warrigal

First recorded in 1840–50, warrigal is from the Dharuk word wa-ri-gal wild dingo

Example Sentences

The woman lives near a carpet python habitat and forages for native vegetation called warrigal greens to cook.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2023

He explained, a moment later, that he could hear howling, such as a "blurry big warrigal" might produce.

From Finn The Wolfhound by Buxton, Robert Hugh

There, facing him from the western lip of the gully, with a rather eager, curious, inviting sort of look upon her intelligent face, stood a fine, upstanding, red-brown female dingo, or warrigal.

From Finn The Wolfhound by Buxton, Robert Hugh

Song of the Dead in the South—in the sun by their skeleton horses, Where the warrigal whimpers and bays through the dust of the sere river-courses.

From The Seven Seas by Kipling, Rudyard

DINGO, a name applied apparently by Europeans to the warrigal, or native Australian dog, the Canis dingo of J. F. Blumenbach.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various