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

I had a try, But the warrigal devils seem to fly.

From Saltbush Bill, J. P. by Paterson, A. B. (Andrew Barton)

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

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

The sad marsh-fowl and the lonely owl Are heard in the fog-wreaths grey, When the warrigal wakes, and listens, and takes To the woods that shelter the prey.

From The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens by Kendall, Henry