Meanings
plural Catahoula leopard dogs
- An American dog of a breed traditionally used in hunting feral boars, usually muscular with a rectangular-shaped body and variegated coloration.
He could scratch the belly of his Catahoula who had too many puppies.
2017, Sam Shepard, chapter 36, in Spy of the First Person, →ISBN, page 79Synonyms: Catahoula hog dog
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn American dog of a breed traditionally used in hunting feral boars, usually muscular with a rectangular-shaped body and variegated coloration.
Origin
Named after Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, and for its leopard-like coloration.
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