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pye-dog
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pye-dog has 1 sense
- pye-dog(n = noun.animal) pariah dog, pie-dog - ownerless half-wild mongrel dog common around Asian villages especially India; Array is a kind of cur, mongrel, mutt
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pye-dog, n. (also pie-dog, pi-dog) a vagrant mongrel, esp. in Asia.
Etymology
Anglo-Ind. pye, pa{euml}, Hindi pahi outsider + DOG
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