Phrase guide

African hunting dog

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A wild canid, Lycaon pictus, typically black, white and tan, found in Tanzania, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: African wild dog, Cape hunting dog, painted dog, painted hunting dog, painted wolf

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs; now rare in settled area

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hyena dog, Cape hunting dog, Lycaon pictus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wild dog

History

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Across languages

Translations

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: wildehond — Lycaon pictus
  • Amharic: ታኩላ (takula) — Lycaon pictus
  • Amharic: ኣውሬ ውሻ (ʾawre wəša) — Lycaon pictus
  • Arabic: سِمْع (simʕ) — Lycaon pictus
  • Arabic: كَلْبٌ بَرِّيٌّ إِفْرِيقِيٌّ (kalbun barriyyun ʔifrīqiyyun) — Lycaon pictus
  • Ateso: apeete — Lycaon pictus
  • Baatonum: dɛmaku — Lycaon pictus
  • Barikewa: liduma — Lycaon pictus
  • Bulgarian: хиеново куче (hienovo kuče) — Lycaon pictus
  • Burmese: အာဖရိက တောခွေး (ahpa.ri.ka. tau:hkwe:) — Lycaon pictus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 非洲野犬 (Fēizhōu yěquǎn) — Lycaon pictus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 非洲獵犬 /非洲猎犬 (Fēizhōu lièquǎn) — Lycaon pictus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雜色狼 /杂色狼 (zásèláng) — Lycaon pictus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 非洲豺犬 (Fēizhōu cháiquǎn) — Lycaon pictus
  • Czech: pes hyenový — Lycaon pictus
  • Danish: afrikansk vildhund — Lycaon pictus
  • Danish: hyænehund — Lycaon pictus
  • Esperanto: makul-likaono — Lycaon pictus
  • Finnish: hyeenakoira — Lycaon pictus
  • Finnish: savannikoira — Lycaon pictus
  • French: lycaon — Lycaon pictus
  • Gen: là̰klé — Lycaon pictus
  • German: Afrikanischer Wildhund — Lycaon pictus
  • Greek: λυκάων (lykáon) — Lycaon pictus
  • Greek: Αφρικανικό αγριόσκυλο (Afrikanikó agrióskylo) — Lycaon pictus
  • Greek: Αφρικανικό κυνηγόσκυλο (Afrikanikó kynigóskylo) — Lycaon pictus
  • Hebrew: זְאֵב טָלוּא (ze’év talu) — Lycaon pictus
  • Hehe: ligwami — Lycaon pictus
  • Italian: licaone — Lycaon pictus
  • Japanese: リカオン (rikaon) — Lycaon pictus
  • Kalenjin: suyo — Lycaon pictus
  • Kamba: nzui — Lycaon pictus
  • Kazakh: қорқау ит (qorqau it) — Lycaon pictus
  • Khoekhoe: !Gaub — Lycaon pictus
  • Kikuyu: mũthige — Lycaon pictus
  • Kikuyu: njũi — Lycaon pictus
  • Malay: anjing pemburu Afrika — Lycaon pictus
  • Malay: anjing liar Afrika — Lycaon pictus
  • Nawdm: lakŋa — Lycaon pictus
  • Northern Ndebele: iganyana iketsi leKapa — Lycaon pictus
  • Nyaturu: mbughi — Lycaon pictus
  • Polish: likaon — Lycaon pictus
  • Polish: likaon pstry — Lycaon pictus
  • Portuguese: mabeco — Lycaon pictus
  • Portuguese: cão selvagem africano — Lycaon pictus
  • Russian: гиенови́дная соба́ка (gijenovídnaja sobáka) — Lycaon pictus
  • Russian: гие́новая соба́ка (gijénovaja sobáka) — Lycaon pictus
  • Rwanda-Rundi: Ibingira — Lycaon pictus
  • Shona: mhumhi — Lycaon pictus
  • Slovak: pes hyenovitý — Lycaon pictus
  • Somali: Weer — Lycaon pictus
  • Spanish: licaón — Lycaon pictus
  • Swahili: mbwa mwitu — Lycaon pictus
  • Vietnamese: chó hoang châu Phi — Lycaon pictus
  • Wolof: saafaandu gi — Lycaon pictus
  • Xhosa: ixhwili — Lycaon pictus
  • Zulu: inkentshane — Lycaon pictus