Mowgli's wanderings had taken him to the edge of the high grassy downs of the Dekkan, and he had seen the fearless dholes sleeping and playing and scratching themselves in the little hollows and tussocks that they use for lairs.
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Dhole
//dəʊl//
Synonyms for "dhole" (11 found)
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Noun(3 words)
Related words (5)
Noun(5 words)
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73 translations across 49 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- دُول noun (Asian wild dog)
Assamese
1 entries- ৰাং কুকুৰ noun (Asian wild dog)
Bengali
1 entries- রামকুত্তা noun (Asian wild dog)
Burmese
1 entries- တောခွေး noun (Asian wild dog)
Buryat
1 entries- зурби noun (Asian wild dog)
Chinese
1 entries- цэгу noun (Asian wild dog)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 猱犬 noun (Asian wild dog)
- 豺 noun (Asian wild dog)
- 豺狗 noun (Asian wild dog)
Dzongkha
1 entries- འཕརཝ noun (Asian wild dog)
Erzya
1 entries- пандоверьгиз noun (Asian wild dog)
Evenki
1 entries- дяргул noun (Asian wild dog)
Finnish
2 entries- aasianvillikoira noun (Asian wild dog)
- vuorisusi noun (Asian wild dog)
French
1 entries- dhole noun (Asian wild dog)
German
1 entries- Rothund noun (Asian wild dog)
Gujarati
1 entries- કુત્ર noun (Asian wild dog)
Hebrew
2 entries- דּוֹל noun (Asian wild dog)
- דּוֹל מָצוּי noun (Asian wild dog)
Hindi
3 entries- जंगली कुत्ता noun (Asian wild dog)
- ढोल noun (Asian wild dog)
- सोनकुत्ता noun (Asian wild dog)
Indonesian
1 entries- anjing hutan noun (Asian wild dog)
Italian
1 entries- cuon alpino noun (Asian wild dog)
Japanese
1 entries- ドール noun (Asian wild dog)
Javanese
1 entries- asu alas noun (Asian wild dog)
Kannada
3 entries- ಕಾಡು ನಾಯಿ noun (Asian wild dog)
- ಕೆನ್ನಾಯಿ noun (Asian wild dog)
- ಕೊರ್ಕು noun (Asian wild dog)
Kashmiri
1 entries- وَن ہوٗن noun (Asian wild dog)
Kazakh
1 entries- қызыл қасқыр noun (Asian wild dog)
Khmer
3 entries- ចចក noun (Asian wild dog)
- ឆ្កែចចក noun (Asian wild dog)
- ឆ្កែព្រៃ noun (Asian wild dog)
Korean
1 entries- 승냥이 noun (Asian wild dog)
Lao
1 entries- ໝາໃນ noun (Asian wild dog)
Lepcha
1 entries- ᰠᰊᰪᰰ noun (Asian wild dog)
Lutuv
1 entries- cahnie noun (Asian wild dog)
Malay
2 entries- anjing hutan noun (Asian wild dog)
- انجيڠ هوتن noun (Asian wild dog)
Malayalam
1 entries- ചെന്നായ noun (Asian wild dog)
Maltese
1 entries- kelb selvaġġ tal-Asja noun (Asian wild dog)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠵᠠᡵᡥᡡ noun (Asian wild dog)
Mara Chin
1 entries- changie noun (Asian wild dog)
Marathi
4 entries- कोळसना noun (Asian wild dog)
- कोळसरा noun (Asian wild dog)
- कोळसा noun (Asian wild dog)
- कोळसून noun (Asian wild dog)
Mongolian
2 entries- цөөвөр чоно noun (Asian wild dog)
- шарнууд noun (Asian wild dog)
Nepali
1 entries- वन कुकुर noun (Asian wild dog)
Nivkh
1 entries- чорамлач noun (Asian wild dog)
Odia
3 entries- କୋକବଲିଆ noun (Asian wild dog)
- ଢୋଲ୍ noun (Asian wild dog)
- ବଳିଆ କୁକୁର noun (Asian wild dog)
Polish
1 entries- cyjon noun (Asian wild dog)
Romanian
2 entries- câine sălbatic asiatic noun (Asian wild dog)
- dol noun (Asian wild dog)
Russian
2 entries- ди́кая соба́ка noun (Asian wild dog)
- кра́сный волк noun (Asian wild dog)
Spanish
1 entries- cuón noun (Asian wild dog)
Sundanese
1 entries- ajag noun (Asian wild dog)
Tamil
1 entries- செந்நாய் noun (Asian wild dog)
Telugu
3 entries- అడవి కుక్క noun (Asian wild dog)
- రేచు కుక్క noun (Asian wild dog)
- రేచుకుక్కలు noun (Asian wild dog)
Thai
1 entries- หมาใน noun (Asian wild dog)
Tibetan
1 entries- འཕར་སྤྱང noun (Asian wild dog)
Urdu
1 entries- جنگلی کتا noun (Asian wild dog)
Vietnamese
3 entries- chó rừng noun (Asian wild dog)
- chó sói lửa noun (Asian wild dog)
- sói đỏ noun (Asian wild dog)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
This whistling, a means of communication for a pack of dhole regrouping after an unsuccessful hunt, inspired the other common name of this species—the whistling dog.
Source: wiktionary
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