crab-eating dog

/kræb dɔg/
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Definitions of crab-eating dog
  1. noun
    wild dog of northern South America
    synonyms: Dusicyon cancrivorus, crab-eating fox
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    type of:
    wild dog
    any of various undomesticated mammals of the family Canidae that are thought to resemble domestic dogs as distinguished from jackals or wolves
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