"kaffir dog" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: kaffir dogs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} kaffir dog (plural kaffir dogs)
  1. A type of hunting dog used by indigenous peoples in parts of southern Africa; (loosely), a mongrel dog. Categories (lifeform): Hunting dogs

Inflected forms

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