African hunting dog

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African hunting dog

noun African hunting dogs

  1. A wild canid, Lycaon pictus, typically black, white and tan, found in Tanzania, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa.

    Similar: African wild dog, Cape hunting dog, painted dog, painted hunting dog, painted wolf

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noun Lycaon pictus

Españollicaón
日本語リカオン rikaon
中文非洲野犬 Fēizhōu yěquǎn, 非洲獵犬 /非洲猎犬 Fēizhōu lièquǎn, 雜色狼 /杂色狼 zásèláng, 非洲豺犬 Fēizhōu cháiquǎn
Kiswahilimbwa mwitu
Portuguêsmabeco, cão selvagem africano
Françaislycaon
DeutschAfrikanischer Wildhund
Italianolicaone
Ελληνικάλυκάων lykáon, Αφρικανικό αγριόσκυλο Afrikanikó agrióskylo, Αφρικανικό κυνηγόσκυλο Afrikanikó kynigóskylo
Русскийгиенови́дная соба́ка gijenovídnaja sobáka, гие́новая соба́ка gijénovaja sobáka
Tiếng Việtchó hoang châu Phi
العربيةسِمْع simʕ, كَلْبٌ بَرِّيٌّ إِفْرِيقِيٌّ kalbun barriyyun ʔifrīqiyyun
עבריתזְאֵב טָלוּא ze’év talu

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@misc{african_hunting_dog_2026,
  title = {African hunting dog},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/african%20hunting%20dog},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}