"dog year" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dog years [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dog year (plural dog years)
  1. (informal) A period of time in the life of dogs, defined such that the average life expectancy of a dog in "dog years" is numerically equivalent to the average life expectancy of a human. A 4- and a 5-year-old dog are about as mature as a human of 28 to 30 years and 33 to 35 years, respectively. The most common calcuation uses a ratio of seven dog years to one human year. Tags: informal Translations (dog years): ドッグイヤー (dogguiyā) (Japanese), años perrunos (Spanish), años de perro (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-dog_year-en-noun-cqTIO-lJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of 'dog years': 62 38
  2. A unit of age relative to the species being considered, defined such that an animal's age in "dog years" is the equivalent age of a dog in calendar years.
    Sense id: en-dog_year-en-noun-Spg9dVEL

Inflected forms

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        "(informal) A period of time in the life of dogs, defined such that the average life expectancy of a dog in \"dog years\" is numerically equivalent to the average life expectancy of a human. A 4- and a 5-year-old dog are about as mature as a human of 28 to 30 years and 33 to 35 years, respectively. The most common calcuation uses a ratio of seven dog years to one human year."
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