maned wolf

maned wolf
noun
reddish-grey wolf of southwestern North America
• Syn: ↑red wolf, ↑Canis rufus, ↑Canis niger
• Hypernyms: ↑wolf

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noun or maned dog
: a yellowish red So. American wild dog (Chrysocyon brachyurus, syn. jubatus) with black nape, lower jaw, and feet

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a South American wild dog, Chrysocyon jubatus, having a shaggy, reddish coat and long ears and legs: now reduced in number.
[1900-05]

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maned wolf,
a long-legged animal resembling a red fox, found in the plains of Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil.

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n. a large, long-legged, endangered wild dog that has a reddish coat with black hair across the shoulders and large erect ears, native to the grasslands of South America. ● Chrysocyon brachyurus, family Canidae

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