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pariah dog

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pariah dog
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another term for pye-dog
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Noun1.pariah dogpariah dog - ownerless half-wild mongrel dog common around Asian villages especially India
cur, mutt, mongrel - an inferior dog or one of mixed breed


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All over the plain, cattle and buffaloes were grazing, and when the little boys in charge of the herds saw Mowgli they shouted and ran away, and the yellow pariah dogs that hang about every Indian village barked.
But Kim had danced off ere the end of the sentence, dodging pariah dogs and hungry acquaintances.
 
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