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[ ding-goh ] / ˈdɪŋ goʊ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR dingo ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural din·goes.a wolflike, wild dog, Canis familiaris dingo, of Australia, having a reddish- or yellowish-brown coat. Australian. a cowardly or treacherous person. Origin of dingoFirst recorded in 1789, dingo is from the Dharuk word din-gu tame dingo Words nearby dingodinges, dinghy, dingle, dingleberry, Ding Ling, dingo, dingus, dingy, dining car, dining hall, dining room Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dingoDingo attacks are generally the result of how a human acts toward them. Pets or Predators? 10 Things About Australia’s Famous Dog, the Dingo|Meredith Kaufman|June 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST Georgina stepped in between the dingo and her baby sister just before their mother was able to scare the dingo away. Pets or Predators? 10 Things About Australia’s Famous Dog, the Dingo|Meredith Kaufman|June 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST Although it is rare, dingo attacks on humans have been known to occur. Pets or Predators? 10 Things About Australia’s Famous Dog, the Dingo|Meredith Kaufman|June 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST Dingo packs are highly territorial and an intruding dingo will likely be killed. Pets or Predators? 10 Things About Australia’s Famous Dog, the Dingo|Meredith Kaufman|June 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
At the time, the dingo was semi-domesticated and is believed to be the common ancestor of all breeds today. Pets or Predators? 10 Things About Australia’s Famous Dog, the Dingo|Meredith Kaufman|June 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST For of all animals in Australia the dingo is the most intolerable nuisance on account of its fondness for mutton. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania |Jewett Castello Gilson Now a dingo or wild dog, now a toombat or opossum, made its appearance, and created matter of interest and inquiry. The Gilpins and their Fortunes|William H. G. Kingston We found a native police patrol camped there, and the officer asked us if we would like to have a dingo pup for a pet. The Call Of The South|Louis Becke The mention of Oxford historians reminds me of my friend Professor Dingo, to whom reference has been made in an earlier chapter. Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography|George William Erskine Russell Remains of the dingo have been found fossil in Pleistocene deposits but the antiquity of man in Australia is not known. Island Life|Alfred Russel Wallace
British Dictionary definitions for dingo
noun plural -goesa wild dog, Canis dingo, of Australia, having a yellowish-brown coat and resembling a wolf Australian slang a cheat or coward verb -goes, -going or -goed (intr) Australian slang- to act in a cowardly manner
- to drop out of something
(foll by on) to let (someone) down Word Origin for dingoC18: native Australian name Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to dingomutt, pooch, pup, cur, wolf, chow, hound, fox, hyena, coyote, jackal, lobo, timber wolf |