Definition of Cape hunting dog

1. Noun. A powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs; now rare in settled area.

Exact synonyms: African Hunting Dog, Hyena Dog, Lycaon Pictus
Generic synonyms: Wild Dog

Definition of Cape hunting dog

1. Noun. African hunting dog ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cape Hunting Dog

Cape Sable
Cape Town
Cape Trafalgar
Cape Verde
Cape Verde Islands
Cape Verde escudo
Cape Verde monetary unit
Cape Verdean
Cape Verdean Creole
Cape Verdeans
Cape York
Cape York Peninsula
Cape buffalo
Cape buffalos
Cape dagga
Cape hunting dog (current term)
Cape kafferboom
Cape lion
Cape lions
Cape lobster
Cape of Good Hope
Cape of Good Hope Province
Cape periwinkle
Cape primrose
Cape triangle
Cape triangles
Cape tulip
Capek
Capella
Capet

Literary usage of Cape hunting dog

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Geographical History of Mammals by Richard Lydekker (1896)
"CAPE HUNTING-DOG (Lycaon p ictus}. origin is proved by the occurrence of remains of an extinct species in the Glamorganshire caves. ..."

2. Sketches in Natural History: History of the Mammalia by Charles Knight (1849)
"... together with a stripe down the spine, are black; the ears are large and spreading. THB CAPE HUNTING-DOG (Lycaon tricolor, Brookes). ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"Mr. FC Selous has witnessed a single Cape hunting dog running down, single-handed, so strong and formidable an animal as the sable antelope. ..."

4. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1855)
"ON SOME POINTS RELATING TO THE ANATOMY OF THE TASMANIAN WOLF (THYLACINUS) AND OF THE Cape hunting dog (LYCAON PICTUS). BY EDWARDS CRISP, MD By this method, ..."

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