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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a wild dog" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a dog that lives in the wild or is not domesticated.
Example: "The researchers studied the behavior of a wild dog in its natural habitat."
Alternatives: "a feral dog" or "a free-ranging dog."
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"Then her eyes blazed like those of a wild dog about to bite a man".
"Really?" A wild dog with a tender baby in its jaws disappearing into the redwoods forever.
Skeletal remains of an alleged Chupacabra found in Chile were determined to be those of a wild dog.
She even finds a friend in Rontu (Douglas Dickerman), a wild dog she cannot bring herself to kill.
No more than a few seconds of a wild dog, but I was buzzing with the adrenaline.
In 2007, a friend and I were travelling to Mozambique when a wild dog ran across the road ahead of us.
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At the time of the death, many Australians could not believe a dingo, a small wild dog, would attack a human.
It was here, on Aug. 17, 1980, that a dingo — an Australian wild dog — dragged a baby called Azaria Chamberlain from a tent as her parents sat by the campfire.
In 10 min preceding a chase, an African wild dog covered 700 m (median) and a cheetah only 317 m (median), reflecting stalking versus coursing (Fig. 5).
Not long afterward a stranger saw the dog and offered Mr. Anderson $300 for what his neighbors called a "Lynches River wild dog".
How does a 30kg wild dog take down prey weighting over 270kg?
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