pariah dog

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit पर (para, “distant; outsider, stranger”).

Noun

pariah dog (plural pariah dogs)

  1. (zoology) Ellipsis of Indian pariah dog: a breed indigenous to India.
  2. (zoology) Synonym of pye-dog: a half-wild stray dog, particularly in Indian contexts.

References
  • pariah in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • “pariah dog”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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