dingo
verbEtymology Borrowed from Dharug dingu (“tame or domesticated dingo”).
dingo
nounUK /ˈdɪŋɡəʊ/ · US /ˈdɪŋɡoʊ/
Etymology Borrowed from Dharug dingu (“tame or domesticated dingo”).
1
A wild dog native to Australia (Canis familiaris, Canis familiaris dingo, Canis dingo, or Canis lupus dingo).
- Dan was beginning to feel very depressed when suddenly the eerie howl of a dingo rang out[.]1943, H. Lorna Bingham, The Lost Tribe, Sydney: Winn and Co., page 13, column 2:
- Derived terms
- American dingo, dingo fence, dingo fish, Dingo Forest, dingo-proof, dingo stiffener, dingo’s breakfast, dry as a dead dingo’s donger, weredingo
- Hypernyms
- dog