| 单词 | pariah dog |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspariah dog pariah dog n. a half-wild stray dog that lives by scavenging; = pye-dog n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > ownerless street dog1775 pariah dog1780 pariah1816 pye-dog1864 pye1886 stray1892 1780 I. Munro Narr. Mil. Operations (1789) iv. 36 A species of the common cur, called a pariar dog. 1878 E. Arnold Pref. P. Robinson's In my Indian Garden 9 The very pariah-dogs are classic to those who know Indian fables. 1984 N. Barber Woman of Cairo ii. xxi. 242 No one noticed..the half-starved pariah dogs lolling, tongues open, in the sun, or howling piteously at night as they searched for scraps. < as lemmas |
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