English Explanatory Dictionary

Carolina dog

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of dog, thought to have reached the North American continent before Europeans (and European dogs), which has a fawn, black, white, or piebald coat and which naturally roams the cypress swamps of the Carolinas, but may be domesticated.

Word forms

Carolina dog Carolina dogs

Etymology

After the Carolinas, where the dogs were first discovered or rediscovered in the modern era.

Synonyms

Dixie Dingo American dingo yellow dog yaller dog yallar dog
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