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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pariah dog
pariah dog
n : ownerless half-wild mongrel dog common around Asian villages
especially India [syn:
pye-dog,
pie-dog]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pariah dog
Pariah
\Pa"ri*ah\, n. [From Tamil paraiyan, pl. paraiyar, one of
the low caste, fr. parai a large drum, because they beat the
drums at certain festivals.]
[1913 Webster]
1. One of an aboriginal people of Southern India, regarded by
the four castes of the Hindus as of very low grade. They
are usually the serfs of the Sudra agriculturalists. See
Caste. --Balfour (Cyc. of India).
[1913 Webster]
2. An outcast; one despised by society.
[1913 Webster]
Pariah dog (Zo["o]l.), a mongrel race of half-wild dogs
which act as scavengers in Oriental cities.
Pariah kite (Zo["o]l.), a species of kite (
Milvus govinda
) which acts as a scavenger in India.
[1913 Webster]
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