dogkindn.
/ˌdɒɡˈkʌɪnd/, U.S. /ˌdɔɡˈkaɪnd/, /ˌdɑɡˈkaɪnd/ΚΠ
1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. v. i. 91 But betwixt the Anus and the Tail there is no under-Finn; by which he differs from the rest of the Dogkind.
1730 S. Dale Taylor's Hist. & Antiq. Harwich 420 Cartilagineous Fishes. 1. The Dog-kind.
2. Dogs as a group; dogs collectively.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > collective
dogkind1693
dogdom1854
doghood1876
1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 851 To the Dog-kind belong the Wolf, Fox, Badger, Otter, &c.
1790 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Gen. Hist. Quadrupeds 290 The Bull-Dog..the fiercest of all the Dog kind.
1794 J. Grahame Poems 29 Awake, my Pompey, shake thy pliant ears, And listen to my song, a song of thee, And of Dogkind.
1860 G. Ruffini Lavinia (1861) xvi. 140 Manuelito is—or rather, alas! was—the paragon of spaniels..the delight of mankind, the pride of dogkind.
1895 Westm. Gaz. 10 Oct. 2/1 The Spectator has..earned the gratitude of all dogkind by espousing their cause and exposing their perfections.
1961 J. Greene Darwin & Mod. World View iii. 118 Dogs are not concerned for the survival or progress of dogkind.
1997 R. Hutchinson Over Sea to Skye i. 6 I am sad for quite another reason—one having to do with the cruel affairs of dogkind. Great troubles have come to us terriers of the Highlands.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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