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lycaon|lɪˈkeɪɒn|
[mod.L. (S. Brookes in E. Griffith et al. tr. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom (1827) V. 151), f. Gr. λυκάων, L. lycāon a wolf-like animal.]
A wild dog of the monotypic genus so called, found in Africa south of the Sahara; the African hunting dog.
1827E. Griffith et al. tr. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom V. 151 (heading) Burchel's Lycaon. 1915Roosevelt & Heller Life-Hist. Afr. Game Animals I. viii. 265 The skull of Lycaon is easily recognizable from that of a wolf or a jackal. 1945C. L. B. Hubbard Observer's Bk. Dogs 187 Lycaon is the most peculiar and interesting of all dog⁓like carnivores native to Africa. 1958Listener 16 Jan. 102/2 The four-legged animal which deals out more destruction than almost any other is the lycaon, or wild dog. |