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dog

  • noun
  • dôg

A mammal of the family Canidae

Other meanings

  1. The species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding.

  2. Any member of the family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, and their relatives extant and extinct.

Example sentences

  • “The dog and the cat ran away.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

  • “Is a hot dog a sandwich?”

    Tatoeba · deniko · CC0

  • “Cookie thinks he's the alpha dog.”

    Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

Word history

From Old English "dogga".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “dog” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.