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Definition of Cape hunting dog
1. Noun. A powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs; now rare in settled area.
Definition of Cape hunting dog
1. Noun. African hunting dog ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cape Hunting Dog
Literary usage of Cape hunting dog
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Geographical History of Mammals by Richard Lydekker (1896)
"CAPE HUNTING-DOG (Lycaon p ictus}. origin is proved by the occurrence of remains
of an extinct species in the Glamorganshire caves. ..."
2. Sketches in Natural History: History of the Mammalia by Charles Knight (1849)
"... together with a stripe down the spine, are black; the ears are large and
spreading. THB CAPE HUNTING-DOG (Lycaon tricolor, Brookes). ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"Mr. FC Selous has witnessed a single Cape hunting dog running down, single-handed,
so strong and formidable an animal as the sable antelope. ..."
4. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1855)
"ON SOME POINTS RELATING TO THE ANATOMY OF THE TASMANIAN WOLF (THYLACINUS) AND OF
THE Cape hunting dog (LYCAON PICTUS). BY EDWARDS CRISP, MD By this method, ..."
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