wolf-dogn.
/ˈwʊlfdɒɡ/, U.S. /ˈwʊlfˌdɔɡ/, /ˈwʊlfˌdɑɡ/ 1. Any of several large varieties of dog formerly kept for hunting wolves, esp. the Irish greyhound or wolf-hound.
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alauntc1405
Irish greyhound1590
wolf-dog1652
Irish wolfdog1669
wolf-hound1823
Irish wolfhound1835
greyhound1838
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > sporting or hunting dog > that hunts specific animals
bear dog1616
wolf-dog1652
coney dog1681
foumart-dog?1748
bird dog1755
boar-dog1792
bear hound1807
wolf-hound1823
toller1831
coon-dog1833
pig-dog1845
rat terrier1851
ratter1858
rabbiter1859
squirrel-dog1860
badgerer1876
boar-hound1884
turkey-dog1895
coon hound1920
1652 Order Irish Privy Council 27 Apr. Such great dogges as are commonly called Wolfe dogges,..which are useful for destroying of wolves.
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1670 (1955) III. 549 The Bulls did exceedingly well but the Irish Wolfe dog exceeded, which was a tall Gray-hound.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 180 Wolf-dogs (once so useful and celebrated) were perhaps peculiar to Ireland, but that species is now nearly extinct.
1840 C. H. Smith Nat. Hist. Dogs (Naturalist's Libr.: Mammalia X) II. 139 The Great Wolf-dog is not common in central Europe; and appears at present almost confined to Spain.
1845 W. Youatt Dog 66 The Italian or Pomeranian wolf-dog.
1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket iii. ii. 131 When that horn sounds, a score of wolf-dogs are let loose.
2. A cross of a domestic dog and a wolf.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Canis > canis lupus (wolf) > hybrid dog and wolf
wolf-dog1736
dog-wolf1840
1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ II. at Lycisca A dog ingendered of a wolf and a bitch, or a shepherd's dog, a wolf dog.
1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang.
1896 M. McNaughton Overland to Cariboo 47 A large number of wolf-dogs were prowling about.
1910 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 377/1 The black wolfdog of Florida resembles the black wolf of the same region.
1924 R. Arundel Police Dogs 6 The German Sheep Dog (known in this country as the Alsatian Wolf Dog).
1953 B. J. Banfill Labrador Nurse 19 The mossy grass knolls were dotted with tethered wolf dogs.
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