"she-dog" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: she-dogs [plural]
Etymology: she- + dog Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|she|dog}} she- + dog Head templates: {{en-noun|head=she-dog}} she-dog (plural she-dogs)
  1. A female dog; a bitch. Categories (lifeform): Dogs, Female animals Synonyms: bitch Related terms: she-cat, she-wolf, she-bear, she-tiger Translations (a female dog): چلبة (čalba) [Gulf-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), kiez [feminine] (Breton), hundino (Esperanto), 雌犬 (mesuinu) (alt: めすいぬ) (Japanese), cățea [feminine] (Romanian)

Inflected forms

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