"Carolina dog" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Carolina dogs [plural]
Etymology: After the Carolinas, where the dogs were first discovered or rediscovered in the modern era. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Carolina dog (plural Carolina dogs)
  1. (zoology) A type of dog, thought to have reached the North American continent before the European arrival, which has a fawn, black, white, or piebald coat and which naturally roams the cypress swamps of the Carolinas, but may be domesticated. Categories (topical): Zoology Categories (lifeform): Dogs Synonyms: Dixie Dingo, American dingo, American Dingo, yellow dog, yaller dog, yallar dog Translations (dog breed): carolinankoira (Finnish), каролинская собака (karolinskaja sobaka) (Russian)

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