Library / English Dictionary

MUTT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An inferior dog or one of mixed breed

Synonyms:

cur; mongrel; mutt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("mutt" is a kind of...):

Canis familiaris; dog; domestic dog (a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mutt"):

feist; fice (a nervous belligerent little mongrel dog)

pariah dog; pie-dog; pye-dog (ownerless half-wild mongrel dog common around Asian villages especially India)

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