Meanings
plural African hunting dogs
- biologyA wild canid, Lycaon pictus, typically black, white and tan, found in Tanzania, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa.
Synonyms: African wild dog, Cape hunting dog, painted dog, painted hunting dog, painted wolf
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA wild canid, Lycaon pictus, typically black, white and tan, found in Tanzania, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs; now rare in settled area
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans wildehond
- wildehondLycaon pictus
Arabic سِمْع, كَلْبٌ بَرِّيٌّ إِفْرِيقِيٌّ
- سِمْع (simʕ)Lycaon pictus
- كَلْبٌ بَرِّيٌّ إِفْرِيقِيٌّ (kalbun barriyyun ʔifrīqiyyun)Lycaon pictus
Bulgarian хиеново куче
- хиеново куче (hienovo kuče)Lycaon pictus
Chinese Mandarin 非洲野犬, 非洲獵犬 /非洲猎犬
- 非洲野犬 (Fēizhōu yěquǎn)Lycaon pictus
- 非洲獵犬 /非洲猎犬 (Fēizhōu lièquǎn)Lycaon pictus
- 雜色狼 /杂色狼 (zásèláng)Lycaon pictus
- 非洲豺犬 (Fēizhōu cháiquǎn)Lycaon pictus
Czech pes hyenový
- pes hyenovýLycaon pictus
Danish afrikansk vildhund, hyænehund
- afrikansk vildhundLycaon pictus
- hyænehundLycaon pictus
Esperanto makul-likaono
- makul-likaonoLycaon pictus
Finnish hyeenakoira, savannikoira
- hyeenakoiraLycaon pictus
- savannikoiraLycaon pictus
French lycaon
- lycaonLycaon pictus
German Afrikanischer Wildhund
- Afrikanischer WildhundLycaon pictus
Greek λυκάων, Αφρικανικό αγριόσκυλο
- λυκάων (lykáon)Lycaon pictus
- Αφρικανικό αγριόσκυλο (Afrikanikó agrióskylo)Lycaon pictus
- Αφρικανικό κυνηγόσκυλο (Afrikanikó kynigóskylo)Lycaon pictus
Hebrew זְאֵב טָלוּא
- זְאֵב טָלוּא (ze’év talu)Lycaon pictus
Italian licaone
- licaoneLycaon pictus
Japanese リカオン
- リカオン (rikaon)Lycaon pictus
Malay anjing pemburu Afrika, anjing liar Afrika
- anjing pemburu AfrikaLycaon pictus
- anjing liar AfrikaLycaon pictus
Polish likaon, likaon pstry
- likaonLycaon pictus
- likaon pstryLycaon pictus
Portuguese mabeco, cão selvagem africano
- mabecoLycaon pictus
- cão selvagem africanoLycaon pictus
Russian гиенови́дная соба́ка, гие́новая соба́ка
- гиенови́дная соба́ка (gijenovídnaja sobáka)Lycaon pictus
- гие́новая соба́ка (gijénovaja sobáka)Lycaon pictus
Slovak pes hyenovitý
- pes hyenovitýLycaon pictus
Spanish licaón
- licaónLycaon pictus
Swahili mbwa mwitu
- mbwa mwituLycaon pictus
Vietnamese chó hoang châu Phi
- chó hoang châu PhiLycaon pictus
Zulu inkentshane
- inkentshaneLycaon pictus
Cite this entry
African hunting dog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/African%20hunting%20dog
“African hunting dog.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/African%20hunting%20dog. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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